“No crisis lasts forever”: Judge orders Trump admin to pull National Guard out of LA

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to withdraw National Guard members from Los Angeles on Wednesday Judge Charles R Breyer identified no evidence that troops were needed six months after protests over immigration ended Breyer ruled that control of the Guardsmen still in Los Angeles must be transferred to Gov Gavin Newsom A gradual withdrawal has been taking place since July The Founders designed our regime to be a system of checks and balances Breyer wrote Defendants however make clear that the only check they want is a blank one Related Federal judge tears into Trump on LA- and warns the rest of us In his ruling Breyer mentioned that the use of the National Guard by the Trump administration constituted a national police force made up of state troops Six months after they first federalized the California National Guard Defendants still retain control of approximately Guardsmen despite no evidence that execution of federal law is impeded in any way let alone significantly Breyer wrote Newsom blasted Trump for deploying the Guard against the very communities they took an oath to serve This day s ruling is unmistakably clear the federalization of the California National Guard must end Newsom wrote on X California Attorney General Rob Banta agreed with Breyer s assessment accusing Trump of creating a traveling national police force For more than five months the Trump Administration has held California National Guard troops hostage as part of its political games But the President is not king Bonta explained in a announcement Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision President Trump exercised his lawful authority to deploy National Guard troops to promotion federal officers and assets following violent riots that local leaders like Newscum refused to stop White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson noted in a comment We look forward to ultimate achievement on the issue Read more about this topic Bad for all Americans Former National Guard vice chief calls LA deployment inappropriate Noem says Los Angeles wouldn t be standing if Trump hadn t called in troops Downright un-American Hegseth blasted by Democrats over military deployment in Los Angeles The post No emergency lasts forever Judge orders Trump admin to pull National Guard out of LA appeared first on Salon com