Marc Slemko
@znep.bsky.social
I just read your delightful brief again, thank you. As a layman, this seems to be the relevant summary. bsky.app/profile/mart...
![It is important to emphasize, in that regard, that if neither § 253(2) nor any other legal
authority expressly empowers the President to use the “regular forces” in the military to help
enforce federal laws in Illinois, it would not follow that the precondition for calling forth the
National Guard pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3) would be satisfied here. It is difficult to
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imagine that Congress intended to afford the President the ability to use the National Guard for
law-execution purposes in situations where he is “unable” to deploy the regular forces to do so
only in the sense that Congress has denied the President the authority to make such use of the
regular military. As far as amicus is aware, there is no basis for concluding that Congress
intended such a counterintuitive result. Indeed, there is evidence to the contrary: A cognate
provision, 10 U.S.C. § 12405, derived from Section 9 of the Dick Act, see Act of Jan. 21, 1903,
ch. 196, § 9, 32 Stat. at 776, provides that “[m]embers of the National Guard called into Federal
service are, from the time when they are required to respond to the call, subject to the laws and
regulations governing the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, except those applicable
only to members of the Regular Army or Regular Air Force, as the case may be.” In other
words, Congress designed the militia calling-forth authority to enable the President to use
National Guard only in the same manner that he may make use of the regular military forces (and
only if and when those regular forces are unable to ensure sufficient execution of federal laws)—
not as a backdoor that would invite the militarization of law-execution in cases where Congress
has foreclosed the use of the standing Armed Forces themselves](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfk6dxcceavbfezwu2y5zb4g/bafkreien4mv3pnsbmc6xtc5i3y7zmswk7rkkm33k7ph3ihv6ebferut2zu@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I just read your delightful brief again, thank you. As a layman, this seems to be the relevant summary. bsky.app/profile/mart...
Clearly the administration uses Signal because disappearing messages mean everything is off the record in their strange incoherent reality. That isn't new, but we have another confirmation now. Halligan may legitimately (but incorrectly) believe this is true based on what others model.
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Clearly the administration uses Signal because disappearing messages mean everything is off the record in their strange incoherent reality. That isn't new, but we have another confirmation now. Halligan may legitimately (but incorrectly) believe this is true based on what others model.
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
🦝 The Lotor Guild of Professional Hand-Washers visited last night.
August 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🦝 The Lotor Guild of Professional Hand-Washers visited last night.
Who better to be Speaker of the House than a Microsoft Word Guy? @petebuttigieg.bsky.social The House needs to be put back in order for the people. 2028 is to late.
August 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Who better to be Speaker of the House than a Microsoft Word Guy? @petebuttigieg.bsky.social The House needs to be put back in order for the people. 2028 is to late.
Source: original photo, Ts’aa.ahl (Chaatl) Mosquito Pole
July 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Source: original photo, Ts’aa.ahl (Chaatl) Mosquito Pole
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social , we need to talk about your campaign for Speaker of the House.
Source: Haida (original photo)
Source: Haida (original photo)
July 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social , we need to talk about your campaign for Speaker of the House.
Source: Haida (original photo)
Source: Haida (original photo)
I've talked to a lot of MAGA lately who are really scared, most come across aggressive still. Please be kind to them, they want an affirming human interaction with you. Humanize each other, one by one.
Original Photo: Moresby Island
Original Photo: Moresby Island
July 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I've talked to a lot of MAGA lately who are really scared, most come across aggressive still. Please be kind to them, they want an affirming human interaction with you. Humanize each other, one by one.
Original Photo: Moresby Island
Original Photo: Moresby Island
Please get me in touch with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social about a job I want to hire him for. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
July 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please get me in touch with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social about a job I want to hire him for. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Aww. That reminded me of these I took, thanks for reminding me.
Near SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island), Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site. Jul 29, 2022.
Near SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island), Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site. Jul 29, 2022.
July 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Aww. That reminded me of these I took, thanks for reminding me.
Near SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island), Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site. Jul 29, 2022.
Near SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island), Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site. Jul 29, 2022.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell brutalizes Trump live on Fox.
Source: Courier / Fox
Source: Courier / Fox
July 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fed Chair Jerome Powell brutalizes Trump live on Fox.
Source: Courier / Fox
Source: Courier / Fox
Melt the ice.
Source: Kristen Young
TikTok: kriscend0
Source: Kristen Young
TikTok: kriscend0
July 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Melt the ice.
Source: Kristen Young
TikTok: kriscend0
Source: Kristen Young
TikTok: kriscend0