Overview

• A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the president likely acted lawfully under Title 10 when he assumed command without the governor’s consent.
• The decision overturned a district court order that had deemed the deployment unlawful and blocked the National Guard’s mission.
• Trump initially mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests against his immigration policies.
• It marks the first time since 1965 that a president has taken control of a state’s National Guard over a governor’s objection.
• Newsom has vowed to seek a rehearing before the appeals court or take the dispute directly to the Supreme Court.