Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) lawyers argued to a federal judge Monday that the lower court still has some authority to block President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, despite an appeals court blocking a previous order from that judge, which ordered Trump return control of the California National Guard to Newsom.
Lawyers for the Newsom and Trump administrations were asked by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer about whether they believe Newsom had the authority to issue any orders on Trump’s federalization and deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, after a federal appeals court blocked his prior order.
Newsom’s lawyers argued in the filing that the appeals court’s ruling dealt only with the “initial invocation of the federalization authority” and did
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