01-08-2021, 07:06 PM
(01-08-2021, 07:03 PM)treee Wrote: As far as I'm aware, they didn't do it directly. They collectively plead their case to someone within the defense department who had the authority to make that national guard activation. Did I miss something?
I'd have to do some more serious research on this issue than I am willing to right now, but I'm not sure if anyone really had that authority other than POTUS. I could be wrong, though. It definitely makes me curious about it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
