Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard

Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard

Resolved that the Libertarian Party of Oregon;
1. Calls upon the State Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit the States’ National Guard and any member thereof to be deployed overseas in service of combat operations 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;
 2. 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
3. Further, calls upon the State to bring home said National Guard troops already so deployed to foreign conflicts immediately.
Adopted date: 10/22/22 SECRETARY attest: