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When President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard in 1963 to enforce desegregation, what was the immediate legal effect on Governor George Wallace's authority over those troops?

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When the President federalizes a state National Guard, command authority transfers entirely to the federal chain of command. Wallace lost all authority over the Guard units; they answered only to fede...

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