Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Control National Guard in LA Amid Anti-ICE Protests

Court Ruling on National Guard Deployment

• ⚖️ An appeals court has ruled that President Trump can continue to use National Guard troops in response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
• 🏛️ However, the judges rejected the administration's arguments that courts lack the power to review the president's authority to call up the guard.
• 🤝 All three judges agreed that California's concerns about the National Guard potentially inflaming protests were too speculative.

Executive Power and Judicial Review

• 🚫 The judges did not accept the Trump administration's argument that decisions to deploy the National Guard and Marines are unreviewable.
• 🚪 This ruling opens the door for challenges to certain executive powers, a precedent that may be debated further.
• ⏭️ The Newsome administration can now ask the full circuit of appeals or go directly to the Supreme Court to challenge this decision.

Ongoing Legal Challenges

• 🗓️ A hearing is still scheduled in California for later today, where California may present new arguments against the federalization of the National Guard.
• 🇺🇸 The ruling allows the president to maintain control of approximately 4,000 National Guard troops and Marines for now.

Funding Disputes and Sanctuary Jurisdictions

• 💰 Separately, a judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot require states to cooperate with ICE to receive transportation funding.
• 🔗 This ruling is part of a broader effort by the White House to push back against sanctuary jurisdictions.
• 📜 A group of Democrat-led states sued, claiming federal funding for public transit and infrastructure was being withheld unless they cooperated with ICE.
• 🏛️ A judge in Rhode Island found this withholding of funds unconstitutional, stating it was mandated by Congress, not the executive branch.