California Governor Gavin Newsom says the deployment of the National Guard has been extended through February.Newsom revealed this detail in an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.This applies to about 300 California National Guard troops, most of whom are in Portland, Oregon. About 85 were still in the Los Angeles area earlier this month, per the San Francisco Chronicle.“Our message to the courts is clear — Trump is putting our members of the military on the front lines of a completely unlawful activation against American communities. The federal government’s actions in Los Angeles earlier this summer were just Trump’s first step to completely transform the role of the military in American society by deploying the U.S. military against its own civilians. We won’t stand for it, and we implore the courts to affirm states’ sovereign rights to handle any public safety matters at home,” said Newsom.The Trump administration sent around 4,000 troops to Los Angeles at the start of June to serve in civilian law enforcement.California has sued over the deployment of federalized troops, and the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Wednesday in an appeal of the trial judge’s order blocking the federalization and deployment of the Guard.The brief filed by Newsom on Monday in Trump v. Illinois asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against Trump’s ability to federalize National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.“The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to grant it unprecedented and unlimited power to deploy the military into American cities — power it has made clear that it fully intends to abuse,” said California Attorney General Bonta.
California Governor Gavin Newsom says the deployment of the National Guard has been extended through February.
Newsom revealed this detail in an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
This applies to about 300 California National Guard troops, most of whom are in Portland, Oregon. About 85 were still in the Los Angeles area earlier this month, per the San Francisco Chronicle.
“Our message to the courts is clear — Trump is putting our members of the military on the front lines of a completely unlawful activation against American communities. The federal government’s actions in Los Angeles earlier this summer were just Trump’s first step to completely transform the role of the military in American society by deploying the U.S. military against its own civilians. We won’t stand for it, and we implore the courts to affirm states’ sovereign rights to handle any public safety matters at home,” said Newsom.
The Trump administration sent around 4,000 troops to Los Angeles at the start of June to serve in civilian law enforcement.
California has sued over the deployment of federalized troops, and the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Wednesday in an appeal of the trial judge’s order blocking the federalization and deployment of the Guard.
The brief filed by Newsom on Monday in Trump v. Illinois asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against Trump’s ability to federalize National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.
“The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to grant it unprecedented and unlimited power to deploy the military into American cities — power it has made clear that it fully intends to abuse,” said California Attorney General Bonta.