Last Friday President Trump amended Executive Order 13223, created by President Bush on 14 September 2001 under a declaration of national emergency.  The purpose of the EO is to increase powers for bolstering the number of members of the armed forces on active duty.

The reference to the ongoing state of “national emergency” is at the core of the EO, because it is only by invoking said emergency that the EO lawfully triggers the availability of waivers for statutory restrictions on who may be recalled back into active military service.

What effect Trump’s amendment has on the