Judge rules Trump's use of National Guard in LA violated law

 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-department-defense-war-announcement-hegseth-live-updates-2123249

Judge Charles Breyer ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump's use of the National Guard to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles over the summer is illegal and "violated" a nearly 150-year-old federal law.

Breyer cited the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878, which prohibits the use of the U.S. military to execute domestic law.

"Nearly 140 years later, Defendants—President Trump, Secretary of Defense [Pete] Hegseth, and the Department of Defense—deployed the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, ostensibly to quell a rebellion and ensure that federal immigration law was enforced," Breyer wrote in his ruling, as he granted an injunction.

"There were indeed protests in Los Angeles, and some individuals engaged in violence. Yet there was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement unable to respond to the protests and enforce the law."

Breyer also wrote in the 52-page ruling that nearly three months after National Guard troops were first deployed to Los Angeles, 300 National Guard members remain stationed there.

Breyer froze the injunction until noon on September 12, which could provide the Trump administration with time to challenge the ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.