National Guard 101 <thread>
Full disclosure there’s a lot of misinformation & disinformation.
This thread is meant to provide you with facts, laws & legal findings.
I’m not a subject matter expert - so I’ll limit my opinions & merely offer you acts & original documents
Here we go
FACT 1
Constitution Article I, Section VIII, Clause XV and Clause XVI
THE MILITIA CLAUSES👇🏻
... [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions...”
https://constfitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI_S8_C15_1/ALDE_00001077/
FACT # 1
SCOTUS Houston v. Moore
Law Library of Congress Link👇🏻
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep018/usrep018001/usrep018001.pdf
stated in part that the power of Congress over the militia is not unlimited, affirming state’s rights
Addressed the quagmire of which came 1st the State Constitution or the US Constitution
FACT # 3
National Defense Act of 1916 (NDA-1916)
This is where things get complicated.
The NDA-1916 this Act essentially divided the “militia”;
National Guard
Unorganized Militia
Fed Funding
Also granted POTUS a few powers in limited emergencies
https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/64/85
FACT # 4
1933 Amendment to the National Defense Act of 1916.
National Guard folded into a component of the US Army.
National Guard members have 2 two military statuses—a member of the National Guard of his/her state or US National Guard
See Title 10 & 32
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/73rd-congress/session-1/c73s1ch87.pdf
FACT # 5;
National Guard is the ONLY US military force thay operates across both State and Federal
State Active Duty (SAD)
Full-Time National Guard Duty (Title 32)
Active Duty (Title 10)

32 USC §502
https://policy.defense.gov/portals/11/Documents/hdasa/references/32_USC_502.pdf
. @realDonaldTrump DOES NOT RESPECT OUR MILITARY or our Vets.
Right now THOUSANDS of NG are deployed for COVID-19 testing, relief ad, Field Drs & RNs
ASSHOLE👇🏻
Under pressure, Trump administration weighs extending National Guard deployments https://politi.co/3e2fSMQ  via @politico
Exhibit A @EsperDoD @realDonaldTrump ARE STEALING HUNDREDS of Millions from <State> National Guards.
Remember this thread - the lawsuit?
Don’t you dare tell me Sgt Bone spurs cares about OUR military or Vets.
He’s a fucking liar
He’s a fucking sociopath https://twitter.com/File411/status/1221467669242793984?s=20
Exhibit F to U @realDonaldTrump
My followers have known this was going to be your play.
You are a sociopath & the most entitled piece of shit I’ve never met.
You are a liar
You are a con man
You are unworthy to be Commander in Chief of Dog Catchers USA https://twitter.com/File411/status/1240717418969706496?s=20
Your glorious “wise guy” trafficking in thuggish & adolescent pernicious tactics
It’s predictably pedestrian
the LEAK of yesterday’s call - was Jared on it?
In Jan my Gov &AG didn’t leak the call, you dropped the F bomb at least 4 xs
Insane dingleberry👇🏻 https://twitter.com/File411/status/1267510338649554950?s=20
Hey true story sometimes I run a search and find my older threads
March 4th supplemental thread
Wait for the next one - it is prescient, a total accident on my end
Non-legalese jargon of why some of us have been quietly screaming watch the National Guard https://twitter.com/File411/status/1235409551983177728?s=20
There it is March 28, 2020
I discussed the “exemptions” & without reservation said:

2nd exemption from Posse Comitatus Act
(and this is terrifying)

“presidential power to quell domestic violence”
10 USC §331 et seq;
If only people would listen, if only https://twitter.com/File411/status/1243985990932365314?s=20
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