Great story, Ed. It's interesting that the Tennessee court ruled against the Governor. In Mississippi the Governor had better luck. When Governor Hugh White called out the National Guard on Rankin County gambling joints in 1936 and 1937, one of the gamblers sued saying the Governor did not have the right to use the Guard. A local judge agreed but the state appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court and won a reversal. The Supreme Court said the Governor did indeed have the right to us the Guard to "abate common nuisances" particularly when local law enforcement refused or was unable to do so.
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