This principle protects against authoritarian misuse of military power and preserves civilian control. Deploying troops without state approval, especially to suppress protest, is a clear violation of both legal precedent and democratic norms.

He was a brilliant politician whose success was built on alliances among various oppressed groups, standing up for all civil rights. And his first successful push as a Supervisor was tackling a universal problem - dog owners who didn't clean up their pets' poop. Now that's how you unite people!