Judge to hear case on whether Trump violated federal law with National Guard deployment in LA
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Source: PBS
Aug 11, 2025 1:13 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A federal judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following June protests over immigration raids.
President Donald Trumps administration federalized California National Guard members and sent them to the second-largest U.S. city over the objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and city leaders, after protests erupted June 7 when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested people at multiple locations.
California is asking Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco to order the Trump administration to return control of the remaining troops to the state and to stop the federal government from using military troops in California to execute or assist in the execution of federal law or any civilian law enforcement functions by any federal agent or officer.
The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force. The case could set precedent for how Trump can deploy the guard in the future in California or other states.................
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-to-hear-case-on-whether-trump-violated-federal-law-with-national-guard-deployment-in-la
The article has a good review of the particulars of this case.
I fear the is by change California wins, then Trump will take it to his buddies in the USSC!!