At 02:41 PM 11/4/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Reese wrote:
States are not prohibited from having a militia, the National Guard is an organized militia, until such time they are federalized, at which point they fall under the Army's Chain of Command.
No, the can't except in cases of invasion.
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