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Judge Hands Gavin Newsom Control of National Guard in Blow to Trump


You just knew Gavin Newsom would be quick to prematurely take a victory lap though. What a clown.

This is all political posturing for Gavin '28. Did he tell you how he lost his lawsuit to Trump on June 3rd regarding CA. and tariffs? Probably not. LOL

Hopefully a higher court is able to put a stop to this ridiculous ruling. ICE raids will continue in CA. without asking him.
 

It's noteworthy that both were Democratic presidents.
Like always the Democrats want their cake and to eat it too.
This "temporary" ruling by a low level in the tank for the Democrats lower court judge will be overruled very shortly by the Supreme Court.
 
You just knew Gavin Newsom would be quick to prematurely take a victory lap though. What a clown.
How many times has TACO gloated over one his many EO’s only to be blocked/overturned by a federal court?

10 times?

20 times?

40 times?
Hopefully a higher court is able to put a stop to this ridiculous ruling. ICE raids will continue in CA. without asking him.
The 9th Circuit Court did not give any indication either way on how they will rule.
 

That's not what the Judge said. Over the past few days many Trump supporters on this forum have made the ridiculous claim that Trump's mere declaration of a rebellion is sufficient to justify the invocation of 12406.

Read what the Judge said:

"Defendants misconstrue the plain language of § 12406, however. The statute permits the President to federalize the National Guard “[w]henever” one of the three enumerated conditions are met, not whenever he determines that one of them is met."

"But their argument puts the cart before the horse. For the President to exercise his discretion (as to how many National Guard members or units to federalize), there must first be an invasion, rebellion, or inability to execute the laws."

"The protests in Los Angeles fall far short of “rebellion.” Defendants refer repeatedly to 'violent rioters,' and 'mobs,' see, e.g., Opp. at 1, and so the Court pauses to state that there can be no debate that most protesters demonstrated peacefully."

"While Defendants have pointed to several instances of violence, they have not identified a violent, armed, organized, open and avowed uprising against the government as a whole. The definition of rebellion is unmet."

"With that in mind, Defendants have still not established a factual basis—again, even assuming their factual assertions to be correct—from which this Court can conclude that there is a danger of an organized, violent, armed uprising with the goal of overthrowing the lawful government of the United States. Accordingly, Defendants do not satisfy the 'rebellion' condition."
 
Obviously the baseless ruling by the pissant activist judge will be overturned. SCOTUS will have the last word in the matter, and they are compelled to rule in favor of Trump.

SCOTUS will not rule in favor of Trump because the logic of the law does not allow the President to make-believe there is a rebellion when no such rebellion exists.
 
It's noteworthy that both were Democratic presidents.
That both Presidents were Dems is not “noteworthy”.

Why the two federalized NG troops is what’s “noteworthy..

Any decent President, regardless of party affiliation, would have done the same.
Like always the Democrats want their cake and to eat it too.
Very few things are “always”. This ^ isn’t one of them. Nowhere near.
This "temporary" ruling by a low level in the tank for the Democrats lower court judge will be overruled very shortly by the Supreme Court.
Hope in one hand.
 

Read the ruling. The statute does not empower the President to declare a rebellion when no rebellion exists. It's not up to the President to make the decision. He does not get to pretend, he does not get to make-believe.
 
Read the ruling. The statute does not empower the President to declare a rebellion when no rebellion exists. It's not up to the President to make the decision. He does not get to pretend, he does not get to make-believe.

This is a "temporary" ruling. Tell us why you know it will stand.
 
Breaking:

Oh gee, looks like a lot of us were correct on the matter. Newsom acted a bit prematurely when declaring victory, bragging about his win over on "X".

Late on June 12, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay, temporarily blocking Breyer’s TRO pending further review. The appeals court, scheduled a hearing for June 17, 2025, to consider whether to extend the stay or allow Breyer’s ruling to take effect. This means the National Guard remains under federal control for now. This means President Trump surrenders NO national guard to Newsom today at 12 PM. IMHO, this is a good thing, considering we are a day before a weekend when this thing could very well flare up again making it impossible for ICE raids to continue.

 
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They don't read.
 
SCOTUS will not rule in favor of Trump because the logic of the law does not allow the President to make-believe there is a rebellion when no such rebellion exists.
Of course they will. A president deciding to deploy the National Guard to quell mob uprisings has been done in the past.

President George H.W.Bush called the National Guard in 1992 in response to the Rodney King riots.

Activist District Judge Breyer is incompetent and is deliberately ignorant of precedent cases.
 
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Already posted.
 

The statute Trump invoked is conditional, not a blank check. It turns on objectively verifiable facts. The president can’t create those facts by proclamation. That's not how our government works. Trump can't just make shit up and force other people to believe it. Whether or not a rebellion exists must either be true or false, and if it's false, he cannot invoke the statute. The statute says "whenever" a rebellion exists, not "if the President decides a rebellion exists." Read the statue. Read the ruling. Stop repeating right-wing talking points, because the right-wing talking points are outright lies.

Modern precedent shows us that courts may review whether the factual predicate for such a statute exists. Breyer simply followed that rule.

The court defined rebellion as an armed, organized attempt to overthrow or resist U.S. authority. What happened in Los Angeles, according to the judge, was not an armed, organized attempt to overthrow or resist U.S. authority.

Prior Guard deployments you list were either made under the Insurrection Act after clear large‑scale violence or uncontested because the factual trigger was obvious. Breyer’s ruling does not say the Guard can never be used. His ruling only says this use failed the statute’s factual test.

Because the statutory trigger never occurred, Trump’s 1 June 2020 order to federalize the California Guard exceeded his authority, end of story.
 
Law and ****ing order, amirite?
 
When it comes to the proper actions of restraints of the government, people should never quit. You might want a king, but the US isn't to have one.
Is that why the Democrats cancelled democracy and coronated Kamala? Cause they has to fight the monarchies?