Overview

• U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer barred Guard troops in Los Angeles from performing arrests, searches, traffic stops, security patrols and similar police functions, saying there was no rebellion and local agencies were capable.
• The injunction takes effect next Friday, giving the administration time to respond, and it applies to California without deciding whether the Guard can be stationed in L.A. at all.
• Trump renewed threats to intervene in Chicago, calling it the “most dangerous city in the world,” saying “we are intervening” and citing authority to act, while offering no timeline or specific plan; he also referenced Baltimore.
• Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered city agencies not to cooperate with federal forces and prepared legal challenges with Illinois officials, as thousands marched on Labor Day in protest.
• The dispute centers on the Posse Comitatus Act’s limits on military involvement in civilian policing, following summer deployments to L.A. and an expanded, federally controlled National Guard presence in Washington, D.C.