Federal appeals court rules Trump to maintain control of California National Guard, overruling judge
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer approved the temporary restraining order after a contentious hearing earlier in the day, where he claimed that recent actions by the Trump administration and president were reminiscent of a monarchy.
A federal appeals court late Thursday ruled that the Trump administration can maintain control over National Guard troops in California, and continue to deploy them against rioters in Los Angeles, blocking a lower court ruling that President Donald Trump’s federalization of the guardsmen was unlawful.
A three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored Trump’s authority over the deployment of at least 4,000 California National Guard troops and several hundred Marines.