A federal judge ruled today that trump and War Sec Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around LA this summer.
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A federal judge ruled today that trump and War Sec Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around LA this summer.
"Because there is an ongoing risk that Defendants will act unlawfully and thereby injure Plaintiffs, Governor Newsom and the State of California, the Court ENJOINS Defendants from violating the Posse Comitatus Act as detailed below ..."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/national-guard-california-trump-posse-comitatus-act-breyer
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26080338-breyer-ruling-on-national-guard/
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A federal judge ruled today that trump and War Sec Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around LA this summer.
"Because there is an ongoing risk that Defendants will act unlawfully and thereby injure Plaintiffs, Governor Newsom and the State of California, the Court ENJOINS Defendants from violating the Posse Comitatus Act as detailed below ..."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/national-guard-california-trump-posse-comitatus-act-breyer
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26080338-breyer-ruling-on-national-guard/
1/n"Congress spoke clearly in 1878 when it passed the Posse Comitatus Act, prohibiting the use of the U.S. military to execute domestic law.
Defendants deployed the Natl Guard and Marines to LA, ostensibly to quell a rebellion and ensure that federal immigration law was enforced.
There were indeed protests in LA, and some individuals engaged in violence. Yet there was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement unable to respond to the protests and enforce the law."
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26080338-breyer-ruling-on-national-guard/
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"Congress spoke clearly in 1878 when it passed the Posse Comitatus Act, prohibiting the use of the U.S. military to execute domestic law.
Defendants deployed the Natl Guard and Marines to LA, ostensibly to quell a rebellion and ensure that federal immigration law was enforced.
There were indeed protests in LA, and some individuals engaged in violence. Yet there was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement unable to respond to the protests and enforce the law."
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26080338-breyer-ruling-on-national-guard/
2/n"Moreover, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act willfully.
Defendants knowingly contradicted their own training materials, which listed 12 functions that the Posse Comitatus Act bars the military from performing.
And they “coach[ed]” federal law enforcement agencies as to what language to use when submitting requests for assistance in an attempt to circumvent the Act.
"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26080338-breyer-ruling-on-national-guard/
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