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Proposed Federal Authority Over National Guard Brings Protest
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The nation's governors, protesting what they call an unprecedented shift in authority from the states to the federal government, will urge Congress today to block legislation that would allow the president to take control of National Guard forces in the event of a natural disaster or a threat to homeland security. (Washington Post [1], Monday)
More centralization.
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States' Rights Revisited [2] by Gene Healy
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/13/AR2006081300606.html
[2] States' Rights Revisited: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4880
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