National Guard and Federal Authority

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s federal deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles and ordered they be returned to Gov. Gavin Newsom, though he stayed the order until Monday to allow a DOJ appeal; the deployment had federalized roughly 4,000 Guards in June and only about 100 remain in the Los Angeles area. Breyer sharply rebuked the administration’s claim that extensions of federalized Guard service require no further review—warning it would create a “national police force” and upend federalism—while the White House defended its authority and the Justice Department said the troops were needed to protect federal personnel and property.