Letters: Use of National Guard; election endorsements; nonprofits in need; No Kings protest

In our nation’s history, the extraordinary federal power to override a governor’s use of the National Guard has been a last resort in moments of true crisis, such as when enforcing desegregation or quelling an actual insurrection. But that’s not what’s happening in Chicago, as well as numerous other liberal cities. The White House is sending troops from Texas to Chicago, Illinois, not to address a genuine emergency, but to override political opposition.

This is happening against the express wishes of its democratically elected governor. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, who stated the deployment is a symbol of “gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and the constitutional balance between states being attacked.” The United States cannot remain a federalist syst