Can #Biden seize control of the #Texas #NationalGuard?
Let's take a look of the powers granted by the #Constitution.
Biden's authority would come from Article 3, Section 2:
"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;"
So where does this -call to service- come from?
All that authority rests with #Congress. This is from Article 1 Section 8:
"To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
The power to -call to service- rests with Congress. Once Congress has done so, #POTUS takes over as the Commander-In-Chief.
Be cautious with people advocating otherwise. They're either ignorant, and spreading #misinformation. Or they are malicious and attempting to #gaslight you with #disinformation.
#SCOTUS #politics #news #PsychologicalPriming #border #FediLaw #LawFedi
RE: newsie.social/users/GW/statuses/111814718048639685
OH HELL YES!
Jon Stewart, who during his 16-year run as host of the Comedy Central program established it as an entertainment and cultural force, will return to host the show each week on Mondays starting February 12, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios announced Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/entertainment/jon-stewart-daily-show?cid=ios_app
Just remember that even if you were just a drop in the ocean.
You are still the ocean.
#VoteBlue2024
Let's hope the pattern continues 🤗
““The GOP winner of the Iowa Caucus shouldn’t get too excited. The last four winners failed to win the general election.”
#iowacaucus #trump #dictator #fascism #vote #voteblue #voteblue2024 #elections
#Cartoon by #GaryVarvel for #Counterpoint
#uspol
🤔 Then why did she find it necessary to change her name to Nikki?
What was the chief reason the Confederate states left the Union, and before you answer it was states rights - states rights specifically to do WHAT?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/politics/nikki-haley-says-us-not-racist-country/index.html
“Big Win”
Let's put the #IowaCaucuses in perspective.
-2,083,000 registered voters in Iowa
-718,000 registered Republicans
-102,000 voted
-53,219 voted for Trump
-7.4% of possible GOP votes went to Trump
Although its disappointing that 53K Iowans voted for him, I wouldn't use this as a statement about the general election.
Today Alice Paul would be 138. The Equal Rights Amendment, which she wrote more than 100 years ago now, remains merely a *proposed* amendment.
138.
100 years.
2024.
https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/maxmin-the-equal-rights-amendment
#Twitter? Has the audience but staying on financially supports anti-semitism of the owner who admits he loves trolling liberals, and is the only place on major social medias that "cisgender" is considered a slur.
#Threads? Zuck has long supported keeping hateful and misleading right-wing propaganda on their networks.. and you'll be blocking mass amounts of porn accounts adding you as follows for spam.
Yeah, #Mastodon is more of a no brainer.
I’ve finished reading the #FultonCounty #indictment, first time through. I’ll need to read it again to fully absorb it, but it is a crucial historical and legal document. Because #FaniWillis charged under #Georgia #RICO statute, the indictment fully captures how extensive and coordinated were the efforts of #Trump, #Giuliani, #Eastman, #Meadows and the rest. All the acts described in the RICO count have been reported, even been synthesized by journalists. But the discipline …1/2 #LawFedi
#uspol
Remember when #OneTermLoser said if they didn't fight like hell on January 6th, they wouldn't have a country anymore?
We're still standing, fuckers.
Trump’s attorney is on the morning talk shows floating various defenses—including that his requests were not criminal but “aspirational.”
So when a person says “I’d like you to kill my spouse” it isn’t soliciting murder, it’s simply an aspirational request.
SMDH.
#politics #USpolitics #USpol #Indictment #law #lawfedi #lawyer #democracy
We are star stuff. We are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. And as we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective.
-Delenn, "Babylon 5"
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