California, National Guard and Trump
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As I mentioned in yesterday’s edition of Where Things Stand, there is an element of campaign-promise fulfillment intertwined in
AG Mayes and a coalition criticize the Trump administration's use of the California National Guard against protestors as unlawful and unconstitutional.
California's Senate Minority Leader has told Newsweek that Newsom should not be arrested amid Trump's threats.
The President said he is sending 700 U.S. Marines from Twentynine Palms into Los Angeles to squelch the chaos that has erupted in DTLA - leading to extensive vandalism and looting - as protests contin
Michigan AG Dana Nessel criticized President Trump's federalization of National Guard troops in California, calling it an abuse of power and a false emergency. She urged peaceful protests and warned against violent civil disobedience.
Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.
A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard during the ICE riots was illegal and ordered control returned to Governor Gavin Newsom.