David North writes in a message to Blake Bowers
 DN> I wasn't going to get into this one, being so far off-topic 
 DN>  for a radio echo, but you might want to tell Gov. Perpich 
 DN>  (don't recall the state) about this, and drop a note to the 
 DN>  Supreme Court as well (Perpich vs DOD). Gov. Perpich told 
 DN>  the Federal government they couldn't have his National Guard 
 DN>  troops because he needed them more. The Supreme Court told 
 DN> the  Governor that they're not his to begin with. The legislation 
 DN>  known as the "National Guard Act of 1903" that formed the 
 DN>  National Guard is a piece of FEDERAL law, giving control of 
 DN>  these troops to Congress and/or the President. In justifying 
 DN>  the Act, Congress cited their constitutional authority to 
 DN> raise  a army, not their authority to oversee the state training 
 DN> of  militias.
Rudy Perpich was from Minnesota.  Seems to me that he died about 18 months 
ago.  (Arne Carlson is the current governor has been for 2 terms and says he 
will not run for election again.)
 
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