Obama to send more troops to Southwest border

Platapus · 05-25-10, 06:25 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/...ex.html?hpt=T1

This sounds like an appropriate use of the National Guard. Not fighting an overseas war.

The best part about using the National Guard is that there are fewer concerns about Posse Comitatus (18 U.S.C 1385).

Kinda gets back to the basics of the National Guard guarding the Nation.

The only problem is that I don't think there is anyway to transfer authority of say the Ohio National Guard to the Governor of New Mexico. So this could only be limited to those states on the border. But the inner states could use their National Guard to "guard" their borders.

05-25-10, 06:25 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Obama to send more troops to Southwest border http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/...ex.html?hpt=T1 This sounds like an appropriate use of the National Guard. Not fighting an overseas war. The best part about using the National Guard is that there are fewer concerns about Posse Comitatus (18 U.S.C 1385). Kinda gets back to the basics of the National Guard guarding the Nation. The only problem is that I don't think there is anyway to transfer authority of say the Ohio National Guard to the Governor of New Mexico. So this could only be limited to those states on the border. But the inner states could use their National Guard to "guard" their borders. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.