SB1121 prevents Arizona’s National Guard from being sent into active combat unless Congress has issued an official declaration of war or taken another constitutional action to authorize it.
The Arizona State Senate passed SB1121 on February 19, 2024 by a vote of 16 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this would nullify unconstitutional federal deployments of the National Guard. A congressional declaration of war is constitutionally required to enter into a foreign conflict or for another constitutional reason, in accordance with Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11 and 15, of the U.S. Constitution.