A federal district judge ruled that President Donald Trump improperly deployed the National Guard to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles over the weekend.
District Judge Charles Breyer said during a hearing on Thursday that Trump administration lawyers were wrong to argue that judges cannot review presidential deployments of the National Guard, according to a report from NPR.
“That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George. It’s not that the leader can simply say something and then it becomes it,” the judge asserted.
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As a result, Trump must give control of the National Guard back to California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom by noon Pacific time on Friday, a decision that the administration may appeal.
NPR noted that National Guard units are typically controlled
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