CONCORD — The state Senate on Thursday summarily sidelined a controversial bill that would have prevented the deployment of New Hampshire Army or Air National Guard troops to serve in
CONCORD — The state Senate on Thursday summarily sidelined a controversial bill that would have prevented the deployment of New Hampshire Army or Air National Guard troops to serve in
The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the New Hampshire National Guard into “active duty combat” unless specific constitutional requirements is met.
The legislation would prohibit the governor or any other person from ordering a member of the state militia, including National Guard members, from being deployed "into active service to a combat zone outside the state or to perform a duty for the purpose of supporting an armed conflict outside of the United States, no matter where that duty is performed," without authorization by the United States Congress declaring war or calling forth the militia under Article 1, Section 8, Constitution of the United States.
The Arizona Senate passed the Defend the Guard Act, a bill that would empower the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops.