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Oh My Gov! reports on Arizona Republican efforts to give their governor a personal army.
Republicans in the Arizona State Senate have recently introduced bill SB 1495 which would establish a “state guard” that can be called upon by the Governor, in this case the beloved Jan Brewer, to provide state security in the event of the federal government calling up the Arizona National Guard or (and this is the fun part) “for any other reason the governor considers to be necessary.”
The bill goes on to specify that the Governor would have the power to establish an “armed force for the safety and protection of the lives and property of the citizens of the state.”
As I recall, some other states tried something like that about a century and a half ago. It didn’t work out so well.
March 9, 2011 at 11:34 am
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