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President Donald Trump celebrated after an appeals court signed off on his deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops against protestors in Los Angeles. “The Appeals Court ruled last night that I can use the National Guard to keep our cities,
A judge has rejected California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) ask for an immediate order limiting President Trump’s Los Angeles troop deployment, agreeing to first give the
Judge Breyer sets hearing on California's lawsuit challenging Trump's federalization of National Guard amid escalating anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles
“The district court has no authority to usurp the president’s authority as commander in chief,” Kelly said in an emailed statement to the Southern California News Group. “The president exercised his lawful authority to mobilize the National Guard to protect federal buildings and personnel in Gavin Newsom’s lawless Los Angeles.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday asked President Donald Trump to rescind his deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, calling the order a "breach of state sovereignty."
The Marines will take over some duties from the National Guard amid a legal battle between California and the Trump administration over the forces’ deployment.
The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”