Trump's Deployment of National Guard to Suppress Protests Overruled After California Governor's Lawsuit | WPN World People News

Due to former President Donald Trump’s hardline crackdown on illegal immigration, intense protests erupted in Los Angeles over several consecutive days. The demonstrations escalated into violence—including car fires and rock-throwing—when police attempted to detain undocumented immigrants. In response, Trump ordered the deployment of the California National Guard and imposed a curfew, despite opposition from California Governor Gavin Newsom. This move sparked additional protests across the country, including in St. Louis, Missouri; Raleigh, North Carolina; Manhattan, New York; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Denver, Colorado. In retaliation, the California state government filed a lawsuit against the White House over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard.

Polls show that 45% of respondents disapproved of Trump’s unauthorized activation of California’s National Guard, with an even higher 47% opposing the deployment of Marine forces. To block the troop deployment, Governor Newsom filed for an injunction in a federal court in San Francisco. A hearing was held on the afternoon of the 12th, presided over by Judge Charles Breyer—appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.

In his 36-page ruling, Judge Breyer determined that Trump had exceeded his legal authority in commanding the California National Guard and violated the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution. The ruling ordered the return of command authority over the Guard to the California governor. However, the judge denied Newsom’s request to block the deployment of Marines, ruling that actions under the Posse Comitatus Act should not restrict the executive branch’s orders in such cases. He noted that there were past federal precedents of Marines being deployed to help contain protests and maintain order.

June 14 marked Trump’s birthday and also the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army. To celebrate, Trump held a military parade on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. Nationwide “No Kings” protests were expected in response.