Public safetyFinding
A president should be able to send the National Guard into a state over its governor's objection.
Governors normally command their state's National Guard, but federal law lets a president take control of it in some situations. Since 2025, the use of that power to send troops into cities has been challenged in court.
Susan M. Collins
We found no public vote or statement that answers this. It is not counted.
- Verification
- Quote found on the cited page by an independent check.
- Review
- Reviewed Sep 30, 2026 by edo.
Accepted sources
A challenge counts in full when its evidence link comes from:
- Susan M. Collins's verified accounts and sites.
- Website susancollins.com (How verified)
- Official site collins.senate.gov (How verified)
- X @senatorcollins (How verified)
- Facebook @collins4senator (How verified)
- Facebook @susancollins (How verified)
- Instagram @sensusancollins (How verified)
- Instagram @susancollinsforsenate (How verified)
- YouTube @susancollins4senator (How verified)
- Official government sites. congress.gov, senate.gov, house.gov, govinfo.gov, fec.gov, maine.gov, state.me.us
- Archived snapshots of any of these pages (web.archive.org).
Any other link is still posted, under Unverified evidence. How evidence is checked