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Here at CREW, we’re doing all we can to push back against the Trump administration’s unlawful deployment of troops in American cities—including most recently by filing an amicus brief arguing against the deployment in Los Angeles.
In June, President Trump ordered the deployment of California National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against his immigration policies—claiming the protests were a "rebellion."
But the authority to call up state militias has only ever applied in cases of war, invasion or insurrection—not peaceful protests like the ones in LA.
That’s why California Governor Gavin Newsom sued, and the district court issued a temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s order, but the Trump administration appealed to the Ninth Circuit.
So John, CREW filed a historic amicus brief on behalf of legal historian and professor Mark Graber, arguing that the Ninth Circuit Court should affirm the temporary restraining order blocking Trump from deploying National Guard troops to LA.
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Our amicus brief makes it clear: Trump’s actions “find no support from American history or judicial precedent.” In fact, America’s founders opposed military involvement in domestic affairs, except under extreme circumstances.
The Militia Act of 1903 was written only to apply in times of war, invasion, or rebellion.
Those conditions were not met by the largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles.
History also shows that the courts— not the president —have the authority to determine whether those conditions are met.
As our brief states, “Supreme Court decisions from the nineteenth century emphatically rejected the notion of unreviewable presidential discretion to deploy the military on American soil, dismissing the argument as repugnant to our founding principles."
The Trump administration’s federalization of the California National Guard has no legal justification, plain and simple. That’s why the Ninth Circuit should affirm the district court’s temporary restraining order and block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in LA.
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