Judge orders Trump to return control of National Guard to California
The Hindu
Judge orders Trump to return control of California National Guard to state after illegal deployment to Los Angeles protests.
A judge has ordered U.S. President Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the President's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom's objections was "illegal."
"His actions were illegal ... He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith," U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer wrote of the President in the ruling, seen by AFP.
However, he paused the order until 12 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) Friday — and the White House almost immediately launched an appeal that could make it all the way to the Supreme Court.
"Donald Trump will be relieved of his command at noon tomorrow," Newsom said in televised comments after the ruling was issued.
"He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one," the 57-year-old Democrat said.
Mr. Trump's decision to federalise the National Guard — a reserve force — and deploy them in California over the objection of the state governor was one not taken by a US president since 1965.
The Republican has argued he did so because protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids ordered by his administration had gotten out of control, and the city was "burning."
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