Is there a way to bind police and the National Guard so that they remain loyal to the federal government, and yet pledge to defend their home state if the President seeks to become a dictator and order all local police and National Guard soldiers within the given state to turn on its own citizens?
How could this be done locally and on a state level without being treasonous or unconstitutional? I am asking because I do not know the answer. If the federal government realized that local law enforcement agencies and citizens soldiers would refuse to take orders from a civilian President illegally seizing national power, the potential coup plotters likely would cease plotting.
If that President realized that local militias and law enforcement agencies would fight on the side of local citizens against federal interlopers, that would keep the federal government from trying to pull a coup.
I am interested in delineating how these checks and balance would work, while staying within the law.
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