The Federal appeals court judges are locked in a high-stakes legal battle over President Donald Trump's controversial deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles, with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allowing Trump to maintain control whilst California Governor Gavin Newsom pursues an unprecedented constitutional challenge.
The deployment, ordered on 7th June following immigration enforcement protests, marks the first time in 60 years that a president has activated a state's National Guard against the express wishes of its governor—a move that has triggered what legal experts describe as a fundamental test of federalism and executive power.
