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Newsmax Airs Alarming Discussion of Civil War With Federal Government (www.thedailybeast.com)

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Newsmax host Carl Higbie mused Thursday about a potential “force-on-force” conflict between Texas and the Biden Administration after the Supreme Court ruled against the state’s Republican governor by declaring that federal agents can remove razor wire laid along the border with Mexico.

Higbie began by telling Stitt that “there’s rumblings that Joe Biden should or may actually federalize the National Guard—take that power away from Greg Abbott.”

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Stitt called the situation, which has so far seen several migrant deaths,“very weird”—while adding that clash is currently a “powder keg of tension.”

“We certainly stand with Texas on the right to defend themselves,” he said. “But Biden is going to be in a tough situation. So in other words, he’s going to try to federalize these troops—in other words, put them on federal orders. And so now, their allegiance technically goes to the president of the United States instead of the governor.”

The dispute between Texas and the federal government has been compared to the situation that led President Dwight Eisenhower to federalize the Arkansas National Guard—part of his bid to allow Black students to attend a Little Rock public high school against the wishes of the then-segregationist governor.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 102 points 9 months ago

And so now, their allegiance technically goes to the president of the United States instead of the governor

No. Not now. Always.

“I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ______ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of ______ and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.”

32 U.S. Code § 304 - Enlistment oath

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/304

It's the national guard. It just works for states.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 33 points 9 months ago

POTUS is the defacto Commander In Chief for all branches of the military. He's the highest ranking officer. That's the whole point, as he's a civilian.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

defacto

You mean "de jure." "De facto" is the opposite of it being literally enshrined into law.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago

That's the whole point, as he's a civilian.

You know, the Framers got some things wrong, but there's something beautifully symbolic about that decision.

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