{"id":8414,"date":"2025-10-07T09:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:37:33","slug":"defend-democracy-end-the-domestic-deployment-of-the-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/defend-democracy-end-the-domestic-deployment-of-the-national-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Defend Democracy \u2014 End the Domestic Deployment of the National Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">President Trump\u2019s latest decision to <strong>reassign 200 California National Guard troops to Portland<\/strong> \u2014 after a court blocked his attempt to deploy Oregon\u2019s own Guard \u2014 is a dangerous overreach of executive power.<br>This move violates both the <strong>spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act<\/strong> and the <strong>balance of state and federal authority<\/strong> our democracy depends on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Peace Economy Project calls on Congress to take immediate action to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Hold hearings<\/strong> on recent National Guard deployments and the federalization of state troops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Reinforce protections under the Insurrection Act<\/strong> to prevent presidents from using military forces against the American people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Pass legislation requiring state consent<\/strong> before Guard members are deployed for domestic missions outside their state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The use of military power to police our communities and protests is not about public safety \u2014 it\u2019s about control. Our cities need investment in housing, education, and healthcare, <strong>not militarization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Take Action:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udce3 <strong>1. Contact your Members of Congress.<\/strong><br>Ask them to support congressional oversight on National Guard deployments.<br>Find Your Representative \u2192 <a>https:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find-your-representative<\/a><br>Find Your Senators \u2192 <a>https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udce9 <strong>2. Share your voice on social media.<\/strong><br>Use the hashtags <strong>#DefendDemocracy #DemilitarizeAmerica #PeaceEconomyNow<\/strong><br>Tag your senators and representatives \u2014 and tag <strong>@PeaceEconomy <\/strong>so we can amplify you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udcac <strong>3. Spread the word.<\/strong><br>Forward this alert to friends, allies, and organizations who care about protecting civil liberties and keeping the military out of domestic politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump\u2019s latest decision to reassign 200 California National Guard troops to Portland \u2014 after a court blocked his attempt to deploy Oregon\u2019s own Guard \u2014 is a dangerous overreach of executive power.This move violates both the spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act and the balance of state and federal authority our democracy depends on. 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