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Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act,
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-09-02T13:21:47.097Z
Injunction granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Breyer bars the military in LA from performing police functions like arrests and crowd control. He says this was not a "one-off" violation of law by individual troops but a systmatic and knowing violation by Pentagon leaders
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U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order prohibiting troops.
Use of federal troops in Los Angeles is unlawful, judge says https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-troops-los-angeles-unlawful-judge/story?id=125179111
— Fivethirtyeight 🤖 (@fivethirtyeight.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy) 2025-09-02T14:03:31.000Z
#fivethirtyeight #elections #news
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-troops-los-angeles-unlawful-judge/story
The Trump administration's use of federal troops in Los Angeles to conduct law enforcement operations is unlawful, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order prohibiting troops from engaging in security patrols, riot control, arrests, searches and crowd control. The order does not take effect until Sept. 12 to allow the Trump administration to appeal.
Breyer said the use of federal troops effectively created a "national police force with the president as its chief" and violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
"The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act," Breyer wrote.....
Breyer issued his decision after holding a three-day trial last month featuring testimony from military leadership about the ongoing operations in the Los Angeles area.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order prohibiting troops from engaging in security patrols, riot control, arrests, searches and crowd control. The order does not take effect until Sept. 12 to allow the Trump administration to appeal.
Breyer said the use of federal troops effectively created a "national police force with the president as its chief" and violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
"The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act," Breyer wrote.....
Breyer issued his decision after holding a three-day trial last month featuring testimony from military leadership about the ongoing operations in the Los Angeles area.