From:	Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: State of emergency
Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 1997 21:21:31 -0800

Jaimie Nicholson wrote:

>>Also, a mayor declaring a state of emergency
>>in a city doesn't have the power to say, call out the national guard,
>>which the President does.

>Can Schultz call out the guard in Seattle? That's the main reason.

Yes, though she'd better have a good reason, and the Metroplex Guard won't
do too well against any real military force.

See SRII, page 272, under "Seattle's Metroplex Guard" for more details:
"The Guard can be activated by either the governor or by executive order of
the city council, though such action must be ratified by the city-state
Congress within 48 hours."

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Justin Fang (justinf@****.caltech.edu)
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