On 14 Sep 2005 01:26:59 -0700, wrote:


Gunner Asch wrote:
On 13 Sep 2005 11:39:45 -0700, wrote:


The Federal government has, and always has had, authority to
intervene without authorization of a governor. Absent the
governor being incapacited, as by the disaster itself, that
should never be necessary for the Federal government to act
independently of or over the objection of the state government.
This time it was.


It was time to invoke the Insurrection Act?


Did Eisenhower invoke "The Insurrection Act" when he
sent Army troops to Little Rock?


Nope..they were requested by the Little Rock Mayor

"U.S. Congressman Brooks Hays and Little Rock Mayor Woodrow Mann asked
the federal government for help, first in the form of U.S. marshals.
Finally, on September 24, Mann sent a telegram to President Eisenhower
requesting troops. They were dispatched that day and the President
also federalized the entire Arkansas National Guard, taking it away
from the Governor."


Hint...the mayor asked for help to quell civil unrest...a legitimate
action. Part of the Insurrection Act.

Gunner


"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner