#dc-national-guard

#dc-national-guard

Cobb wrote: First, the DOD Defendants have exceeded the bounds of their authority under Title 49 of the D.C. Code, and thus acted contrary to law, in deploying the DCNG for non-military, crime-deterrence missions in the absence of a request from the city's civil authorities, the opinion reads. Second, these Defendants lack statutory authority under 32 U.S.C. 502 to support their request for assistance from out-of-state National Guards and their actions in calling those Guards to the District.