Trump has talked repeatedly about using the National Guard to shoot US citizens. People need to start prepping for when that order comes. The DC National Guard are now carrying a paper with use-of-force guidelines and a big QR code for "call a JAG" (a military lawyer). But other states may not. 2/
This is not a distant danger; it is very close, as National Guard troops from distant, unfamiliar, red-state towns arrive in blue-state cities. Journalists need to ask, over and over, what guidelines they carry. Former military officers need to be on TV, every day. Now is the time to speak up. 3/
I think on some level Trump and Hegseth are trying to trigger a Kent State type of incident.
Wrong movie.
I thought they fired the JAGS?
They fired the top Judge Advocate Generals, but not the entire staff (who confusingly are also called JAGs for short). Presumably the leaders have been replaced by now, though have seen no media coverage of it. www.jurist.org/features/202...
where are all of these "good guys with guns" we all hear about every time there is a mass shooting?
The next step: Trump has signed an executive order today ordering the creation of a special unit within the US military designed to operate on US soil, against US citizens. Annotations by @rgoodlaw. This has been a goal for a long, long time. 4/ www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Great. Blue states can train a standing rapid response National Guard unit to respond to federal military action. They can assist state residents in protecting their civil liberties and hold federal forces to account, check papers, orders and report and document illegal federal activity.
Note that it would have to be a State Guard that is part of state law enforcement, not a National Guard that is part of the US military. But yes, it is is possible, though it's a first step to breaking up the United States, which Russia would be overjoyed by.
Yup, the issue is that the National Guard can be federalized so would have to be outside of the US military. Pretty much the only way that I can see this working is by structurally creating it as a state agency separate from the military under the guise of a state law enforcement agency.
Not that I'm a fan of the notion of creating state paramilitaries but here we are.
Theoretically, a governor could activate the national guard first to support the constitution and state residents. They could argue that they were in use and were not available for federal duty. The feds would have to file suit to argue that they needed them for action AGAINST state residents.
I mean these are all hypothetical scenarios but i think this is a case of avoiding the legal challenges. Think in terms of chain of command, etc.
