Press Release: LPO Resolution Concerning Defending the Guard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/22/22
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard
“Considering that Congress alone is constitutionally invested with the power of changing our condition from peace to war, I have thought it my duty to await their authority for using force in any degree which could be avoided”- Thomas Jefferson
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
“This resolution addresses the immediate need for action to protect our National Guard and calls on the state of Oregon to prohibit the release of our National Guard into federal service without the permission of the U.S Congress.” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “The Libertarian Party of Oregon believes the federal government’s unauthorized war powers can and should be superseded by state rights.”
This resolution declares:
The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board calls upon the Governor of Oregon not to comply with any order from the federal government to release the Oregon National Guard into federal service unless the U.S. Congress has declared war pursuant to Article I, § 8, Clause 15 of the U.S. Constitution, and only for the express and explicit purposes enumerated in the Constitution: to “execute the Laws of the Union,” repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection; and
Further, calls upon the State to bring home said National Guard troops already so deployed to foreign conflicts immediately.
This Resolution will be available starting 10/22/22, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
