Round two of the legal fight between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom on June 17 could determine whether Trump can keep control of the National Guard to protect immigration enforcement agents and suppress protesters in Los Angeles.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments in San Francisco during a remote hearing regarding California's challenge to Trump's mobilization of the troops.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Trump's deployment of the California National Guard and returned control of the troops to Newsom, who did not approve the Guard's activation. Breyer's order called Trump's actions "illegal." Newsom later told reporters he was "gratified" with Breyer's decision.
"Today was really about a test of democracy, and today we passed the test − we the people passed the test," Newsom said.
But the Trump administration swiftly appealed the ruling, arguing that the protests amounted to a "rebellion." Trump's team called Breyer's decision "unprecedented" and said it was an "extraordinary intrusion on the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief." The appeal led to an appeals court granting an administrative stay, halting the federal judge's ruling and allowing Trump to maintain control of the troops.
