US EditionTrump can’t use National Guard in California to enforce laws, make arrests, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that deploying 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles violated the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, limiting military use for domestic law enforcement.
- A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in California violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits military involvement in domestic law enforcement activities.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Alex Padilla both welcomed the ruling, emphasizing that the use of military personnel for law enforcement is illegal.
- The judge's ruling stated that the troops engaged in police functions and violated the law during protests and immigration raids in Los Angeles.
- The ruling is effective on September 12, but around 300 National Guard troops will remain in Los Angeles to protect federal agents.
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Oklahoma Voice: Judge warns of ‘national police force’ in ruling Trump broke the law sending Guard to LA
President Donald Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles this summer violated a federal law against military members conducting domestic law enforcement, a federal judge in California ruled early Tuesday.
Judge rules Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles was in violation of federal law
A federal judge in California on Tuesday has ruled that the Trump administraion’s decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June violated a 19th-century law barring the use of soldiers for civilian law enforcement activities when it mobilized . In a 52-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the president and his administration breached the Posse Comitatus Act, a statute dating back to th…
Keep the troops in the barracks: Judge finds Trump’s military deployment to L.A. illegal
Despite having lost an important federal lawsuit barring the use of the military for civilian law enforcement purposes, Donald Trump is still lawlessly promising to send troops into the streets of Chicago and other cities. That is counter to the American way and the law and Trump must not do it. In a 52-page order yesterday, California Federal Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Trump administration had violated the Posse Comitatus Act in deploy…
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