Federalize the National Guard?

Not if the governors have anything to say about it. Even the Republican Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, is appalled.

Of course the Guard and be federalized under limited conditions and the federal government can also declare martial law. It was done by President Eisenhower in Little Rock years ago to enforce integration at Central High. It isn't done often and it shouldn't be.

I don't trust the current administration. If they had the kind of authority they're pressuring Congress to grant them, any pretext would be an excuse to put the entire country under martial law. Scary thought.