The Defend the Guard Act passed in Virginia’s House of Delegates this week. The act would prohibit a state from sending its National Guard on missions unless Congress formally declares war.
This law has passed in Idaho and Arizona. In New Hampshire, it was passed by the House but not the Senate.
The National Guard can often be deployed with other branches of the military. The Defend the Guard Act is a project by veterans who say that this is not right and clearly it isn’t.
Sgt. Dan McKnight, the chairman of Bring Our Troops Home, is fighting to get this passed. He said that Virginia was the “home of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, all of whom agreed that this country can only go to war when there’s been a vote cast by the people’s elected representatives.”
