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37 minutes ago · - Soup McGee --"The Militia Act of 1903 was indirectly used by the Executive Branch of the government during Civil Rights demonstrations during the 1960s. Many southern governors, chief among them George Wallace, attempted to use National Guard forces to block civil rights and desegregation initiatives. In these cases, whenever a governor called up the National Guard for use in blocking federal directives, the President promptly mobilized the Guard into the Army Reserve, placing the Guard commanders under federal authority, and subject to court martial should they not carry out executive directives."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903
How DID that turn out?The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), also known as the Dick Act, was initiate...See More
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