I think its time we get some answers.

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President appoints Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to a new governor's council on national securityFebruary 5, 7:53 PMKansas City Progressive ExaminerLuke HerringtonPreviousComment Print Email RSS SubscribeSubscribeGet alerts when there is a new article from the Kansas City Progressive Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.Email Address Include other special offers from Examiner.comTerms of Use Governor Jay Nixon D-MO Office of the Missouri Governor.Related Articles President Appoints Nixon to Council of Governors Mo. Gov. Nixon named to national defense council Gregoire leading governors security council President Obama creates Governors Council Obama stealth executive order creating firestormAccording to the Governor’s Office, Missouri’s chief executive officer, Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon D-MO, was tapped last night by President Barack Obama to serve on a new bipartisan Council of Governors.Last month, President Obama signed an executive order establishing the council. The White House says this will give an opportunity for the nation’s governors to advise the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and the White House.The president says the “bipartisan team strengthens the partnership between our state governments and the federal government when it comes to ensuring our national preparedness and homeland defense.”The council was established on January 11th, when President Obama signed an executive order creating the new group.Advocating a strengthened relationship between federal, state, and local governments, the White House also stated that the new body would review issues “involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities.”Brigadier General Stephen L. Danner, the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard, said “Gov. Nixon [as the state’s Commander-in-Chief] has repeatedly demonstrated his full support of our Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen, both in our home state and deployed overseas.” Danner, like others, believes this means that Nixon is well suited to the task.Larry D. Kay, the executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission agrees: “Gov. Nixon's appointment to the Council shows his strong support of the National Guard and Reserves, as well as Missouri's military and veteran population.”A Violation of States’ Rights?On January 13th, Lake County Independent Examiner Robert Rule reported that a number of watch groups are concerned that the creation of the Governor’s Council violates the Posse Comitatus Act.If by watch groups, Rule meant the blogosphere, then yes, there are some concerned about this possible violation of states’ rights. A writer with PrisonPlanet.com, a website created by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, says that the president is engaging in an active attempt to federalize the states. The report at PrisonPlanet.com accuses the president of violating the Posse Comitatus Act by trying to federalize the National Guard.Apparently, some, including Chuck Baldwin, the former conservative presidential candidate for the Constitution Party, argue that this new council could empower the military to exercise domestic police powers, which is clearly prohibited by Posse Comitatus.

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