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National Guard joins the coronavirus response – 3 questions answered

  • Written by Dwight Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
National Guard joins the coronavirus response – 3 questions answeredMembers of the New York Army National Guard are setting up a 1,000-bed hospital at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

As a military organization divided into 50 distinct parts that can be commanded by either the president or state governors, the National Guard is perhaps the least understood branch...

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