Sacramento, June 11 : A federal judge rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom's emergency request to stop the Trump administration from deploying military forces in Los Angeles immediately, dealing a blow to the state's efforts to challenge federal authority over domestic military operations.
US District Judge Charles Breyer declined to issue a temporary restraining the order that would have blocked approximately 4,000 National Guard
troops and 700 Marines from patrolling the city immediately. Instead,
Breyer granted the Trump administration until 2:00 p.m. Wednesday to file
its response to California's emergency motion, Xinhua news agency
reported.
The ruling came after California's officials argued that President Donald Trump's deployment violated federal law, including the Posse Comitatus
Act, which prohibits active-duty armed forces from conducting civilian law enforcement.
Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta claimed in the Tuesday morning's
motion that the military presence created "immediate and irreparable harm"
to state sovereignty.
Federal government lawyers countered by calling Newsom's request "legally meritless" and warned that blocking the deployment would be
"extraordinary, unprecedented, and dangerous."
They argued such action would "jeopardize the safety of Department of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the Federal Government's ability to carry out operations."
https://www.ap7am.com/en/102757/federal-judge-rejects-californias-bid-to- immediately-halt-trump-military-deployment-in-los-angeles
Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta claimed in the Tuesday morning's
motion that the military presence created "immediate and irreparable harm"
to state sovereignty.
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