Appeals court temporarily allows Trump to keep National Guard in LA
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A federal judge had earlier directed the Trump administration to return control of California's National Guard troops back to the state.
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of California’s National Guard to Los Angeles and called the move illegal.

The judge’s order to return control of the troops to California Governor Gavin Newsom will not go into effect immediately and the administration has filed an appeal.

The state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his order to deploy the troops without Gov Newsom’s consent.

Trump said he was sending the troops - who are typically under the governor’s authority - to stop LA from “burning down” in protests against his immigration crackdown. Local authorities have argued they have the situation in hand and do not need troops.

Judge Charles Breyer said the question presented by California’s request was whether Trump followed the law set by Congress on the deployment of a state’s National Guard.

“He did not,” the judge wrote in his decision. “His actions were illegal… He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.”

Gov Newsom posted on social media after the order was filed that “the court just confirmed what we all know — the military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets”.

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  • porcupine@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    94·
    5 days ago

    A judge retroactively prevented him from doing the thing that he already did, is still doing, and will continue to do, the system works!

    • altphotoEnglish
      19·
      5 days ago

      5 minutes later…oh its legal now. Anyway, I gotta go ride my lambo to my 3 story boat Mansion that was generously donated to me. Oh its an old thing, but its got character and 3 nude cleaning ladies that donate their talents to me as a nude cleaning lady inspector and painter.

    • CarbonScored [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      The only respectable thing for protestors to do is applaud while being gunned down in the street while an arbitrary lengthy court process works out just how illegal this might be amerikkka-clap This is civil justice all we libs laud above all else, after all!