Donald Trump's Use of California National Guard Faces Scrutiny in Court

Fight over Trump’s CA National Guard deployment continues in appeals court

MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin joins MSNBC’S Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the argument Trump’s lawyers presented in the appeals court hearing on deploying the California National Guard: that the president “has the authority to deploy the national guard whenever he is unable to execute the forces with regular law.”

Donald Trump's use of California National Guard faces scrutiny in court

The Donald Trump administration has maintained that the president has the power to appoint National Guard troops when there is a “rebellion” or “invasion” 

Appeals panel hints it may allow Trump to control California National Guard deployment

Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court seemed poised Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to command California National Guard troops during ongoing protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles. The judges noted U.S…

Appeals panel hints it may allow Trump to control California National Guard deployment • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court seemed poised Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to command California National Guard troops during ongoing protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles. The judges noted U.S…

Appeals panel hints it may allow Trump to control California National Guard deployment • Maine Morning Star

Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court seemed poised Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to command California National Guard troops during ongoing protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles. The judges noted U.S…

Ninth Circuit Judges Appear Inclined to Support Trump's Use of the National Guard In LA

It's not looking good for Gavin Newsom in the faceoff with President Trump over what a federal judge agreed last week was the illegal federalizing of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.While US District Court Judge Charles Breyer fully agreed that Trump had acted outside the limits of his executive power in defying a state governor and sending the National Guard in to quell a protest — or, ostensibly, to "protect" federal immigration agents fr…