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Governors generally can refuse a presidential request to deploy Guard forces under Title 32 — the governor is the authority to order Guard duty — but the federal government can federalize Guard troops...
The Constitution does not give a simple yes-or-no answer: federal law allows the president to federalize and deploy National Guard units in specific circumstances (invasion, rebellion, or to execute f...
The National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. produced a mix of outcomes: , while . Recent reporting shows the federal government framed the mission as crime suppression and civic support, while l...
The National Guard can operate under federal Title 10 orders—when the President/federal government activates Guard members for federal missions, including overseas deployments—and under Title 32 order...
The National Guard performs two distinct missions: a activated by governors for disasters, civil unrest, and law enforcement assistance, and a supporting overseas military operations as part of the U....
Multiple contemporaneous accounts and later investigations show that defense officials and some governors offered or discussed National Guard support in the days before January 6, but there was no sin...
The president can "federalize" a state's National Guard by moving units from state control (Title 32 or state active duty) into federal service (Title 10) under a set of statutory authorities—most not...
The National Guard can be activated by state governors for state missions, by the President for federal service under several statutory authorities, and in limited administrative circumstances by serv...
The National Guard is ordinarily under the authority of each state’s governor, who can activate it for domestic unrest and law‑enforcement support . The president can federalize Guard units and deploy...
The January 6 Committee concluded that multiple federal and local law‑enforcement and intelligence bodies had advance intelligence about threats and extremist planning but failed to anticipate the sca...
Federal orders and court rulings have produced a contested and evolving set of constraints on how National Guard troops operate in Washington, D.C.: the Pentagon placed many Guard members on Title 32 ...
The Secretary of Defense is principally an advisor and implementer in the troop deployment process: they and oversee military execution once the President orders deployment, but they do not unilateral...
The National Guard chain of command for deployments in Washington, D.C., differs from states: , while governors normally control their state National Guards unless federalized or requested . Legal lim...