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slicedcheesegremlin ,
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it was a “military organization”, he said, that will be used for “aiding law enforcement with riots and illegal immigration”.

The whole time I was reading this, I was wondering how the fuck any of this is legal, and this passage answers my question perfectly: it's not. The constitution explicitly says that the military is never to be used for policing purposes, because the founding fathers were terrified of this exact kind of overreach happening as a result. This is the same as if the Third Amendment somehow became relevant again in modern times. That's why they branded the militia as "disaster relief," for the same reason as Fox News is branded as "entertainment" and not news media; they know this would never hold up against the law.

AngrilyEatingMuffins ,

State guard isn’t related to national guard at all. They’re not military they’re cosplayers. Paramilitant? Absolutely

slicedcheesegremlin ,
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this is honestly even worse because they arent beholden to the constitution then

AngrilyEatingMuffins ,

Oh yeah. Way worse.

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