Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles illegal, judge rules
A federal judge in California decided that the deployment of President Donald Trump to Los Angeles this summer was illegal.
The decision comes while trying to use the national guard troops to break the crime of Trump in other US cities and to support immigration sanctions.
US Regional Judge Charles Breyer said Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Law, which limits the power of the federal government to use military force for internal issues.
“A bandit judge is trying to usurp the authority of the Commander -in -Chief to protect American cities from violence and destruction,” the White House spokesman Anna Kelly said.
The decision is waiting on September 12th.
The Trump administration will probably appeal to the decision.
Kelly, “President is determined to protect the citizens who follow the law and will not be the last word in this regard.” He said.
Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement, “the court faced democracy and the constitution,” he said.
In response to protests against immigrant raids, Trump deployed national guard troops to Los Angeles in June.
The White House argued that it is necessary to suppress violence, but California officials argued that law enforcement officers could handle the situation without military intervention.
The President also deployed hundreds of National Guard Union on Washington DC and gives the troops to Chicago as soon as possible this week.
Judge Breyer’s order is only valid in California, but may indicate the legal challenges for Trump’s plans to use the guards to implement his policies.
After the unity of Los Angeles, Trump filed a lawsuit against the administration for allegedly violating the Posse Comitatus Law.
The law, which first, forbade the use of the US army to carry out or assist internal laws. The law has limited exceptions such as authorization by the congress.
Judge Breyer found that Trump administration’s ways of using national guards in Los Angeles violated these restrictions.
As banned in accordance with the law, he talked about work such as “protective circles, traffic blockages, crowded control and the like”.
“President Trump’s latest executive orders and public statements about the national guards, in other parts of California, are serious concerns about whether he will receive the Posse Comitatus Law in other parts of California.”
Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that he took the risk of “creating a national police force with the president” as the president.
The national guards prevented the following laws, such as arrests, concerns, calls, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowded control, rebellion control, evidence collection, questioning or acting “.
The White House did not respond to the request for comments and the defense and justice departments refrained to comment.
An additional legal challenge from California claimed that Newsom Trump had jumped illegally for the troops to deploy the troops, and tried to withdraw the control of the California National Guards conditions.
Judge Breyer decided in favor of Newsom, but the ninth circuit appeal court decided in favor of Trump in June.
