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The federal government has responsibility for national defense, and guarantees to protect the states from invasion and (at the request of the state) from domestic violence.
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Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15
Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2
(The Congress shall have Power) To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
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The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
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The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.