A federal judge in San Francisco is preparing to hear arguments in a lawsuit that will determine whether the Trump administration’s decision to send National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles broke federal law. This legal case was filed after the administration, with Donald Trump having been president for seven months at the time, took control of California National Guard members and sent them to the city in June following protests over immigration arrests.
The deployment happened even though California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and local city leaders strongly opposed it. California is asking the court to force the Trump administration to return control of the remaining troops to the state. The lawsuit also aims to stop the federal government from using military personnel in California to enforce federal or civilian laws.
