In 2025, the West Virginia Citizen Action Group asserted that West Virginia law limits the governor's authority to deploy the state National Guard out of state to specific purposes such as responding to a natural disaster or another state's emergency request.
November 10, 2025
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Stated legal interpretation by a civic organization regarding conditions under which the West Virginia governor may authorize out-of-state National Guard deployments.
Opponents in West Virginia have argued that, under West Virginia state law, the governor may deploy the National Guard out of state only for specified purposes such as responding to a natural disaster or acting at another state's emergency request.
October 24, 2025
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This summarizes a legal argument made by a civic group challenging the West Virginia governor's out-of-state National Guard deployment.