Overview

• Judge Charles Breyer blocked the deployment on June 14, ruling that President Trump exceeded statutory authority and violated the Tenth Amendment and the Posse Comitatus Act.
• Federal troops and hundreds of Marines were already on the ground when the Ninth Circuit issued a stay hours later, extending their presence pending the Tuesday hearing.
• Both the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had contained the initially peaceful protests before federal forces arrived.
• Marines detained at least one civilian seeking medical care, intensifying concerns about military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
• Some legal experts expect the appeals court or the Supreme Court to overturn Breyer’s decision, arguing courts traditionally defer to presidential security judgments.