Clause 15 delegates to Congress the power to provide for “calling forth the militia” in three situations only: 1) to execute the laws of the union, 2) to suppress insurrections, and 3) to repel invasions.
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Originally state militias belonged to the state and were at their Governor’s command. My understanding is the call forth clause was a mechanism for the federal government to bring militias under federal control.
Basically, I think the National Guard represents a standing militia that is permanently subject to the call forth clause. They are funded with Federal funds and can be nationalized at the President’s whim.
It seems DeSantis is the sole Governor who has taken steps to create an old-style state militia that is not beholden to the federal government.