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The deployment of the National Guard in various situations, including civil rights movements and protests, and the associated outcomes and debates.
Lawyers, legal organizations and advocacy groups have advanced a clustered set of legislative fixes aimed at narrowing presidential authority to deploy federal forces at home: proposals generally seek...
Title 32 keeps the Guard under state control while often using federal pay and authorities, whereas Title 10 federalizes forces under presidential control — a shift that changes chains of command, app...
has repeatedly been mobilized against civilian protesters from the through the 21st century, sometimes to protect demonstrators or restore order and sometimes to suppress or escalate unrest; outcomes ...
The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) generally bars the use of active-duty federal military forces to execute domestic law, while the Insurrection Act is the principal statutory exception that allows the Pre...
The Speaker of the House has no unilateral command authority over the National Guard, but is part of a constitutional and statutory web that can receive notifications, request briefings, and influence...