My latest Media Rant column said that "In Wisconsin, State Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison) will soon sponsor legislation mandating that in all future Guard deployments the Governor, as Commander in Chief of the Wisconsin National Guard, would be required to review the federal order calling them into duty."
Well, that legislation has finally arrived. According to the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, LRB 1256 is sponsored by Black and Senator Jon Erpenbach. The legislation won't end the Iraq War, but:
The legislation directs the governor to review every federal call-up order of the Wisconsin Guard for its legality, and where there is no lawful basis for Guard federalization, to take action to keep the Wisconsin Guard at home.
This matter is urgent and we need to act by Friday March 27, each of us asking our State Representatives and State Senator to co-sponsor LRB 1256. Time is of the essence. Please call your state legislators TODAY!
Find contact information for your state legislators at http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx
There are currently only 5 co-sponsors in both houses combined – all of them from Dane County.
I just contacted local representative Gordon Hintz's office to urge him to co-sponsor the legislation. Please do the same. Gordon can be reached at (608) 266-2254 or emailed at Rep.Hintz@legis.wisconsin.gov.
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