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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — A U.S. federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated a 19th-century law when it sent National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles in early June to quell protests against federal immigration raids.
Charles Breyer, senior judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, wrote in his ruling that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of U.S. military forces for domestic law enforcement without congressional approval.
The order prohibits the Trump administration from “deploying, directing, instructing, training, or using the National Guard currently stationed in California and any military units previously stationed in California to enforce the law.”
“There were indeed protests in Los Angeles, and some individuals engaged in violence. However, there was no insurrection, and civilian law enforcement was able to respond to the protests and enforce the law,” the ruling states.
It notes that nearly three months after the National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles, there are still 300 National Guard troops there, adding that US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have said they intend to bring the troops into federal service in other cities across the country, thus creating a national police force with the president as its chief.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement: “Today, the court sided with democracy and the Constitution. No president is a king, not even Trump, and no president can trample on a state’s right to protect its citizens.”
“Trump’s attempt to use federal troops as his personal police force is illegal, authoritarian, and must be stopped in every courtroom across the country,” the statement said.
In response to the decision, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement: “Once again, an unscrupulous judge is attempting to usurp the commander in chief’s authority to protect American cities from violence and destruction.”
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal against Breyer's ruling with the federal appeals court and requested a stay of enforcement of the ruling pending the appeal.
According to CNN, Brenner Fissell, vice president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said that while Breyer's ruling does not have an immediate impact outside of California, it will undoubtedly be a first for other judges who may hear similar cases. -0-
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