Appeals Court Rules Trump's National Guard Deployment to Los Angeles Was Unlawful
Appeals Court Rules Trump's National Guard Deployment to LA Was Unlawful SEO Title: 9th Circuit Rules Trump's National Guard Deployment to Los Angeles Was Unlawful in 2-1 Decision Introduction A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's deployment of 4,000 California National Guard members to Los Angeles last year was an unlawful abuse of presidential authority, delivering a significant legal rebuke to the administration's use of military forces for domestic purposes. The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit found that the federalization of the California National Guard did not meet the legal standards required for such an extraordinary exercise of presidential power. The ruling follows a December precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that Trump's federalization of the Illinois National Guard was similarly illegal. At the heart of the case was the administration's claim that conditions ...