Cross-Ideological Coalition to Congress: Rein in Domestic Deployments

On December 18, 2025, five organizations from across the ideological spectrum sent a letter asking Congress to rein in the president’s domestic deployments of the National Guard. Noting that Trump’s National Guard deployments “are foreign to our nation’s laws, history, and values,” the letter asks Congress to reassert its constitutional responsibility to prevent a president from establishing a “personal standing army on U.S. soil.” The groups signing the letter include Demand Progress, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, R Street Institute, Society for the Rule of Law Institute, and The Rutherford Institute.

“MWEG’s members from across the country have felt a deep unease as they have watched domestic deployments of the military this year,” said Emma Addams, MWEG’s co-executive director. “Their party affiliations and political ideologies may differ, but they are unified in urging Congress to represent them and use its power assertively and ethically on this matter.”

MWEG continues to call on Congress to reaffirm its constitutional role to stop the politicization of the U.S. military and lead out in ensuring due process for individuals and restoring peace within U.S. cities.