Its the other way around, in declared Emergency FEMA dictates to everyone. Including Miller. Those troops assisting NG in D.C. are there by order from FEMA.
Though both guys running FEMA and Military are on same side, so its all moot.
FEMA head reports ONLY to DHS head, who himself reports ONLY to POTUS. And in Declared Emergency such as this one FEMA becomes de facto government. If Gainor tells Milley (Trump hater) to dance a jig Milley must do it. FEMA calls ALL the shots.
And in this case ordered Miller to supply troops to beef up NG contingent. Miller acted on orders from FEMA, not on his own, the only exception to Stafford Act IIRC.
Yeah, I edited the post, but both Gaynor and Miller are good to go :-)
And Stafford Act is the issue, main reason it had to be FEMA ordering an emergency call up of active military. Have no idea what people are on up the thread, the level of bad info the past few days borders on insane. Military itself cannot operate on USA soil, per Stafford Act, but FEMA in play changes all of that.
Its the other way around, in declared Emergency FEMA dictates to everyone. Including Miller. Those troops assisting NG in D.C. are there by order from FEMA.
Though both guys running FEMA and Military are on same side, so its all moot.
https://www.fema.gov/about/organization
FEMA head reports ONLY to DHS head, who himself reports ONLY to POTUS. And in Declared Emergency such as this one FEMA becomes de facto government. If Gainor tells Milley (Trump hater) to dance a jig Milley must do it. FEMA calls ALL the shots.
And in this case ordered Miller to supply troops to beef up NG contingent. Miller acted on orders from FEMA, not on his own, the only exception to Stafford Act IIRC.
https://sites.duke.edu/lawfire/2017/09/21/disasters-and-emergencies-legal-authorities-and-the-militarys-role/
Yeah, I edited the post, but both Gaynor and Miller are good to go :-)
And Stafford Act is the issue, main reason it had to be FEMA ordering an emergency call up of active military. Have no idea what people are on up the thread, the level of bad info the past few days borders on insane. Military itself cannot operate on USA soil, per Stafford Act, but FEMA in play changes all of that.