Ret. Brigadier General Michael McDaniel served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy, Prevention and Mission Assurance at the Pentagon, as assistant adjutant general for Homeland Security, Michigan National Guard, and on the National Governors Association’s Homeland Security Advisors Council. In 2007, he was named by the Office of Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security, as Chair of the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government Coordinating Council. McDaniel’s military service includes serving as the State Judge Advocate as a member of the Michigan National Guard for over 27 years, serving as a military judge and promotion to Brigadier General in 2007. McDaniel was formerly the Assistant Attorney General for Litigation in the Executive Division of the Michigan Department of Attorney General. At Cooley, he taught Domestic Operations Law and Constitutional Law, and developed an LL.M. program in Homeland and National Security Law.
“The use of active-duty National Guard and Marine Corps. troops against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom are in direct violation of the Insurrection Act,” said McDaniel.