SC Supreme Court to decide if governor overstepped sending National Guard to DC

Watchdog nonprofits argued Gov. Henry McMaster's deployment went beyond his powers in state law, but his attorneys disagreed.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 1,311

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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CLEMSON — A legal challenge over Gov. Henry McMaster’s decision to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., could test the bounds of the governor’s power as the state’s commander in chief, attorneys argued to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Arguments in the case, which a government watchdog group filed in January, came as 30 troops from the state remain in the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s “Operation Make …

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