federalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bring under the control of a federal government.
to federalize the National Guard.
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to bring together in a federal union, as different states.
verb
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to unite in a federation or federal union; federate
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to subject to federal control
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Now that might not be an option, after the Supreme Court in December ruled against his effort to federalize the Guard in Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
“Although we hold that the President likely has authority to federalize the National Guard, nothing in our decision addresses the nature of the activities in which the federalized National Guard may engage,” Bennett wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
A key provision of the act allows the president to federalize the Guard when he deems it necessary “to enforce the laws of the United States” in the face of “unlawful obstructions” or “rebellion.”
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2025
He instead evoked a very rarely used law that was last applied in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson to protect civil rights workers from local police, allowing him to federalize those troops.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
To federalize the union was to combine the advantage of common action with liberty to each community to work out its own ideals in education, municipal government and all other matters of local concern.
From George Brown by Lewis, John
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