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.
a second Arizona Senate committee passed a bill that would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance under the Constitution.
Titled the Defend the Guard Act, the legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing the Arizona National Guard into “active duty combat” unless “The United States Congress passes an official declaration of war” or takes an official action pursuant to article I, section 8, clause 15, United States constitution, that calls on the national guard to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion or suppress an insurrection.