Originally founded in 2002 as the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance models its actions on the campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We Call Upon Gov. Martin O'Malley to Uphold the Constitution

Keep the Maryland Guard Home

Over 1,300 Maryland Army National Guard and 250 Maryland Air National Guard personnel were deployed to Iraq last year; altogether, 5,900 Maryland National Guard members have been called up since Sept. 2001. These deployments caused financial and emotional suffering and disruption to many Maryland families and impaired our state's ability to respond to emergencies.

Moreover, these deployments are illegal.

It is past time to end them. We ask Gov. Martin O'Malley to review the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, the legal justification for sending our National Guard members to Afghanistan, and the 2002 Authorizatin for the Use of Military Force, which is used to send troops to Iraq. Then, we ask that Gov. O'Malley refuse to federalize any more Maryland Guard members under these two pieces of legislation.

We ask Gov. O'Malley to uphold the law of our land.




Richard Madaleno (D-District 18) introduced legislation last year, SB 501, in the Maryland State Senate.  Cosponsors included Senators Jamie Raskin (D-20), David Harrington, (D-47), Mike Lenett (D-19), Paul Pinsky  (D-22), and Catherine Pugh (D-40).  He plans to introduce legislation again in the 2010 Assembly.








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State senator Jamie Raskin (D-20) co-sponsored last year's bill and plans to do so again.
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Bills to Be Introduced in Maryland General Assembly to Keep the Guard at Home!

Check out last year's bills: SB 501 and HB 907

In the Maryland General Assembly of 2009, bills in both the House of Delegates and the Senate were introduced that were designed to ensure that Maryland's National Guard is not sent to war illegallly. Both House and Senate hearings were held, but the bills did not receive a general vote.  We hope that the 2010 assembly will be different. Join us and help us pass a new law!