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Forbes
15 hours ago
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- Forbes
Trump Can Retain Control Of National Guard In LA, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court on Thursday night ruled that the California National Guard troops—deployed in Los Angeles last week amid protests against the federal government's crackdown on immigrants—can remain under President Donald Trump's control while the state's legal challenge against the deployment moves forward. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that on matters such as federalizing the California National Guard, any decision must be 'highly deferential' towards the president, and the court concluded that ' it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority.' However, the ruling disagreed with the White House's primary argument that such a matter 'is completely insulated from judicial review.' The appellate court ruling blocks an already paused ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer that ordered the president to 'return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.' The ruling only focused on the issue of presidential authority and did not address the claim made in Trump's order that the protests amounted to a 'form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.' California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a statement saying, 'While it is disappointing that our temporary restraining order has been stayed pending the federal government's appeal, this case is far from over…our state and local law enforcement officers responded effectively to isolated episodes of violence at otherwise peaceful protests and the President deliberately sought to create the very chaos and crises he claimed to be addressing.' Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X: 'The court rightly rejected Trump's claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court. The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump's authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens.' In a post on his Truth Social platform, the president hailed the ruling as a 'BIG WIN,' and attacked the California Governor, saying: 'The Judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and ill prepared.' Trump then signaled he could deploy forces to tackle protests in other states, saying: 'this is much bigger than Gavin, because all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done.' The appeals court ruling noted that precedent from earlier rulings cited by the Trump administration, 'does not compel us to accept the federal government's position that the President could federalize the National Guard based on no evidence whatsoever, and that courts would be unable to review a decision that was obviously absurd or made in bad faith.' Trump Keeps Control Of National Guard In Los Angeles After Appeals Court Pauses Ruling (Forbes)
CBS News
13-06-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
About 200 U.S. Marines begin Los Angeles deployment at Westwood Federal Building
Approximately 200 U.S. Marines arrived in Los Angeles to begin an assignment to guard the Wilshire Federal Building on Friday, according to an Army general, marking a rare occasion where military forces will be deployed on U.S. soil. President Trump on the weekend federalized and deployed more than 2,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to L.A. after protests erupted in the light of immigration enforcement operations throughout the city and nearby areas. The move to send military has been described as "authoritarian" by Gov. Gavin Newsom, while Mr. Trump said Friday morning that the "city would be burning to the ground right now" had he not activated the troops. Newsom has challenged the decision in a lawsuit and was briefly awarded a temporary restraining order Thursday night to block Mr. Trump from sending troops, but that victory was later overturned by an appeals court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ordered another hearing on the case for June 17. The troops are allowed to stay in L.A. at least until that date. US Marines walk on the parking lot of the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, on June 13, 2025. A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom's objections was "illegal." Protests against Trump's harsh immigration policies spread on June 11 across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and threats by the hard-right Republican president to use "heavy force." ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images During a news conference Friday morning, Maj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman said the Marines arrived in L.A. last night and will begin their assignment in Westwood around noon Friday. Sherman added that the sole mission of the deployed Marines is to protect federal property and personnel, like the Federal Building. The Marines will be armed with weapons and wearing crowd control gear such as a riot shield, baton and gas masks. "I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities," Sherman said. "Rather, they'll be focused on protecting federal law enforcement personnel." Sherman confirmed that the National Guard soldiers who have been deployed since Sunday have also not participated in law enforcement activity. No troops have been injured since arriving in L.A. "They have watched federal law enforcement arrest personnel as they were protecting," Sherman said. "They have not had to detain anyone at this point." It's not yet clear what assignments the other 500 deployed Marines will receive in L.A. Sherman said he couldn't speculate on future operations, but recent training has centered around defending federal property. "That's the mission we've really focused on them to do," he said. "They've already started with the Wilshire [Federal] Building today, and we will progress from there." As of Friday morning, there were 56,300 individuals in ICE detention centers across the country, a record for the agency, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. On Thursday and Wednesday, ICE recorded 1,400 and 1,600 nationwide immigration arrests, respectively, the statistics indicate. ICE arrests have increased by more than 100% since President Trump's first 100 days in office, but they remain well below the 3,000 daily arrest rate demanded by the White House.
Washington Post
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Judge says Trump acted illegally in dispatching National Guard in California
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday agreed to block the Trump administration from deploying the California National Guard, granting a request by Gov. Gavin Newsom and saying the president acted illegally in dispatching the troops amid immigration protests that have spread from Los Angeles to other cities in the state. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that President Donald Trump acted improperly, 'both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.' Though Breyer stayed his order until noon Friday, the government immediately filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit California filed this week against Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department, seeking to restrict what the Guard and Marines can do in Los Angeles and to allow them only to protect federal facilities and personnel. The state asked the judge to temporarily curb the troops' actions and has questioned Trump's right to deploy the National Guard and Marines in California 'without input from or consent of' Newsom. The administration called out 4,100 National Guard members and Marines in response to the protests, and 2,100 of the Guard members are working in the L.A. area. All are part of Task Force 51, whose mission is to protect federal functions and property, according to the U.S. Northern Command. Newsom, a Democrat who has sparred frequently with Trump, argued that he was not seeking to prevent the military from carrying out that mission but rather seeking 'narrow relief tailored to avoid irreparable harm to our communities and the rule of law that is likely to result if Defendants are allowed to proceed with their plans to use Marines and federalized National Guard to enforce immigration laws and other civil laws on the streets of our cities.' The Trump administration called Newsom's request for the temporary restraining order 'legally meritless' and said it 'would jeopardize the safety of Department of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the Federal Government's ability to carry out operations.' 'Today was really about a test of democracy,' Newsom told reporters immediately after the ruling. He said Trump has continually tested the limits of democracy. The order 'makes clear that he is not above or beyond constitutional constraints.' In a motion filed hours before Thursday's hearing, California reiterated that it was seeking only limited relief while the court case unfolds. It asked Breyer to block the Guard troops and Marines 'from patrolling the streets of Los Angeles and engaging in activities that pervasively entangle military forces with civilian law enforcement,' saying this was necessary to avoid inflaming tensions in the area. At the same time, the state's attorney general contended the Trump administration was offering 'a breathtaking vision of unlimited, unreviewable executive power.' Breyer opened the hourlong hearing with 45 minutes of questions about Trump's decision to order the National Guard into Los Angeles. He questioned whether the president had followed the appropriate statute, including whether he had appropriately made the order through Newsom rather than acting unilaterally. At one point, Breyer brandished a paper copy of the U.S. Constitution, reading aloud from Article II, which describes the powers of the executive branch. Brett Shumate, a lawyer with the U.S. Attorney's office, defended Trump's actions, arguing that as governor, Newsom was 'merely a conduit' for the president's orders. 'The president doesn't have to call up the governor and invite him to Camp David and have a summit and negotiate for a week, on what are the terms, we're going to call up the National Guard in your state and what are the terms of deployment — no,' he said. 'There's one commander in chief and the states are subservient to the president.' Shumate later argued that the state's demand for a restraining order was inappropriate because the federalized troops in Los Angeles were only there to protect federal personnel and property, not to engage in law enforcement or participate in immigration raids. The judge emphasized the importance of the protections and limitations on executive power in the Constitution. 'We're talking about the president exercising his authority. And the president is of course limited to his authority. That's the difference between a constitutional government and King George,' said Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor and younger brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. 'It's not that a leader can simply say something and it becomes it. It's a question of a leader — a president or a governor — following the law as set forth in both the Constitution and statutes.' The state attorney general's office concurred, with lawyer Nicholas Green calling Trump's attempt to expand his powers 'breathtaking in scope.' 'They are saying the President can federalize the National Guard and deploy it in the streets of a civilian city whenever he perceives that there is disobedience to an order,' Green said. 'That is an expansive and dangerous conception of the federal executive power.' Some of the protests that have taken place in Los Angeles since the first immigration raids last Friday have included clashes between protesters and police, sporadic looting and vehicles being set on fire. The Trump administration has portrayed the metropolis as being overwhelmed — despite much of the city and county being completely unaffected — and in need of federal assistance to maintain order. State and local officials have repeatedly said they can manage the situation and accused the federal government of inflaming tensions by dispatching the military. 'We have a very good relationship with our governor,' Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Thursday afternoon, repeating her point that Trump's intervention was unnecessary. 'If the National Guard is needed, I could have picked up the phone, called the police chief, called the sheriff, and said please make the request, and it would not have been denied.' And the governor said that when he again assumes control of the deployed Guard members, some would return to working on 'border security' and working on counter drug enforcement. Two years ago, Newsom doubled the number of California National Guard troops deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border to help intercept fentanyl and other illicit drugs. Breyer set another hearing for June 20 and ordered the government to show why he should not issue a preliminary injunction in the case. Jon Michaels, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be watching what comes next. The order may not deter Trump, Michaels said: He might ignore it, or he could invoke the Insurrection Act, as administration officials have suggested in recent days. Another possibility, Michaels added, would be sharply stepping up immigration raids that trigger more protests, changing the situation on the ground and providing more justification for military involvement. 'They're not really looking to deescalate,' he said of the administration. 'This has now become, for better or worse, a signature standoff for Newsom, and I don't think Trump wants to lose to Gavin Newsom.' Brulliard reported from Boulder and Berman from Washington. Maeve Reston and Molly Hennessy-Fiske in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Forbes
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Forbes
Judge Rules Against Trump's National Guard Deployment In Los Angeles
A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles back to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, ruling against the president's controversial decision to respond with federal forces to immigration protests in the city. National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles this week. (Photo by) U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said in a filing Trump must 'return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.' The judge said Trump's deployment of the National Guard, which was done without Newsom's approval, was illegal, 'exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.' Breyer said earlier Thursday it did not appear Trump issued his National Guard order through Newsom, which is a requirement when the president seeks to deploy the troops in a given state. Breyer said he was trying to understand 'how something is 'through' somebody if in fact you didn't give it to him,' adding, 'It would be the first time I've ever seen something going 'through' somebody if it never went to them directly,' Politico reported. Breyer also scrutinized Trump's justification that the protests posed a danger of rebellion, deploying troops through a law that gives the president the power to do so in instances of 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion.' The judge disagreed with Trump's defense that a claim of potential rebellion is not reviewable by courts, according to Politico, adding, 'That's the difference between a Constitutional government and King George. It's not that a leader can simply say something and it becomes it.' Breyer did not directly address Newsom's request to block the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles, taking issue with the request because the troops have yet to be deployed for street-level operations. Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts: We're launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day's headlines. Text 'Alerts' to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here. Immigration protests in Los Angeles began last week in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids conducted at retail spaces, graduations and courthouses in the city, as well as Trump's larger immigration policies. The same night protests began, the Trump administration began weighing the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles. Protests continued into the week and federal troops were deployed, eventually reaching a point where National Guard members were briefly detaining protesters before handing them off to local law enforcement for arrest. Newsom has sharply blasted the use of the National Guard, accusing Trump of 'putting fuel on the fire' and taking the president to court over the decision. The governor has claimed his authority was infringed upon with the deployment of the National Guard and the Marines, though the latter force has yet to participate in operations within Los Angeles. Los Angeles Protests: National Guard Has Detained Some Protesters (Forbes) Sen. Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed From Kristi Noem's Press Conference In Los Angeles (Forbes)
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
Los Angeles immigration raids protests: 8 charged in LA county
The Brief Tuesday marks six days of anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has announced charges against eight protesters. Hochman says the overwhelming majority of those who have participated in protests haven't committed any crimes. LOS ANGELES - After days of immigrationprotests in downtownLos Angeles and across LA County, county officials charged eight people with violent crimes related to the demonstrations. LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman also noted that the overwhelming majority of the protesters have been peaceful. What we know Hochman announced the charges alongside LA County SheriffRobert Luna and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday. The eight people were connected to five separate incidents. Juan Rodriguez from Gardena was charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and advocating violence during the protests. According to Hochman, Rodriguez passed out commercial-grade fireworks to protesters, and he and they lit them and pointed them at officers. One of the fireworks, Hochman said, injured an officer. Rodriguez faces up to six years and four months in state prison. SUGGESTED: Timeline: ICE detentions and protests in California - LA and San Francisco Bay Area Randy Paul Ruiz and Georgina Ravellero were both charged with two felony counts of assaulting an officer. They're both accused of ramming into officers with motorcycles at the intersection of Temple and Alameda streets on June 8. They both also face up to six years and four months in state prison. Timmie Paulk and Raven Mitchell were charged with commercial burglary and grand theft. Hochman said that on June 8, Paulk was one of several people looting the Nike store on S. Broadway, and Mitchell allegedly drove the getaway car. They face up to three years in state prison. Ulysses Sanchez was arrested for allegedly doing donuts in his minivan in downtown LA. Hochman said Sanchez is a "third-striker," and faces 25 years to life in state prison if convicted. And finally, Christopher Gonzalez and Yoselyn Johnson have received vandalism related charges. Hochman accused Gonzalez of painting graffiti on the Hall of Justice. They both face more than three years in state prison. By the numbers Before he announced the charges on Tuesday, Hochman noted that the peaceful protests across Los Angeles vastly outweighed the violence, blaming media for skewing the image of the protests. "If you only saw the social media and the media reports of what's going on over the last five days, you would think that Los Angeles is on the verge of war, that we are truly being attacked repeatedly, over and over and over again, because that has been the media's message," Hochman said. While he only used rough estimates, Hochman said there were "thousands" of people who had been involved in protests across LA County over the last five days. Of those thousands, Hochman said, only a few hundred had "engaged in this kind of illegal activity," Hochman said. "That means that 99.99% of people who live in Los Angeles City or live in Los Angeles County have not committed any illegal acts in connection with this protest whatsoever," Hochman said. Big picture view Several others have been charged with federal crimes for violence at protests, including one man charged with throwing Molotov cocktails at a demonstration in Paramount. SUGGESTED: LA ICE protests, Day 6: 2 men face federal charges for violence during anti-ICE protests What's next Hochman said that there are still dozens of cases being brought to his office for filing consideration, and said that he's confident there will be more charges. "For any individual who's engaged in criminal conduct but did not get immediately arrested, let me provide some bad news for you. There's a tremendous amount of video out there through social media, and otherwise," Hochman said. "We will know who you are, who engaged in this conduct. We will track you down, we will arrest you, we will prosecute you, and we will punish you." The Source Information in this story is from a press conference held by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on June 11, 2025, and previous FOX 11 reports.
