California officials on June 9 sued President Donald Trump over his federalization of National Guard troops.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in the lawsuit that Trump’s action was illegal.
Trump federalized troops over the weekend as riots broke out in Los Angeles County in opposition to arrests of illegal immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
He said, in a memorandum, “To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”
Federal law enables the president to federalize Guard troops, which are typically under state command, if “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” or if the United States “is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation.”
Trump’s federalization was the first time the statute has been invoked since 1970, when then-President Richard Nixon federalized the Guard to deliver mail during a Postal Service strike, the California officials said.
Following Trump’s action, Newsom asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to rescind the deployment of the troops, but that has not happened. Instead, the military has activated hundreds of Marines and is sending them to Los Angeles and its environs.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement: “Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends. Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law—and not one we take lightly. We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order.”
Newsom said that the federalization “is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism” and “we will not let this stand.”
The statute also says that orders when there is a rebellion or invasion “shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.”
The officials are asking the federal court in northern California to deem Trump’s action unlawful because Newsom did not consent. They say it violates the state’s sovereign control of its Guard.
Anna Kelly, White House deputy press secretary, told The Epoch Times via email: “Gavin Newsom should march back to his Attorney General’s office to prosecute the anti-ICE rioters who burned property and looted businesses in Los Angeles.
“It’s pathetic that Newsom is more focused on saving face than protecting law enforcement and holding criminals accountable. As the President said, Newsom should thank him for restoring law and order.”
“California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement: “Let me be clear: “There is no invasion. There is no rebellion.””
“Invasion” 1. an act of invading; enter (a place, situation, or sphere of activity) in large numbers, especially with intrusive effect.
“demonstrators invaded the Presidential Palace”
“Rebellion” 1. open opposition to authority. 2. : open fighting against authority (as one’s government)
The very powerful Democrats and the very stupid have one thing in common.
They do not alter their view to fit the facts. They alter the their facts to fit their view.
This is a very common trait among the majority of Democrats.
IF I was LE in that city, i’d be class act SUING THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR< for allowing this to happen!!
When it becomes the wild West in our modern Democrat city, it is the federal obligation to declare Marshal Law and take over running the city or if need nbe the entire state.
“Trump isn’t partial to being the Marshal but fate went and dealt him a hand.
The outlaws were shooting and killing and looting he knew that he must take a stand”.
Where is Wyatt Earp when you need him? Newscum and that airheaded LA Mayor are the personification of the criminal run Ike CLanton Gang ,and Downtown LA has become their OK Corral.
Can the Quiet Burp take down the leftist philisophical feckless flatulance,,,time will tell.
IF only…
I think this is actually good news because it makes public the fact that Newsom is a complete moron. Maybe we will have more people wake up and leave the democrat party.
The old Democratic party is NO MORE. It appears that it has been taken over by radicals, socialists and Marxists, therefore we should address them as the Socialist/Marxists Democratic Party.
THEY KNEW THAT the other year, during his recall election. BUT STILL VOTED to keep him!
it will spread like a virus to other cities in a well cordinated well funded attack by the nazi geroge soros and the dnc.
pray for our nation we need it very much!
With how many cities i saw this going on in, yesterady, IT HAS ALREADY metastasized..
What frustrates me to no end, is the way the authorities protect the criminal illegal aliens and let them screw over the legal producing citizens!!!
If the government would get the hell out of the way, the illegals would be running to get the hell out of the country…. But no the government just steals the citizens money and gives it to the illegal criminals and pays them to riot! ***!
I was reminded of a podcast i saw way back iirc from 2008-07 neck of the woods, where some dem doing a townhall with his constituents, was trying to explain “Why it is a good idea to expand voting rights, to include illegal aliens”, when one old woman stood up and simply asked
“So, if by being a citizen, i can do X, Y and Z, but YOU GUYS meaning the democrat party, is already GIVING X and Y to illegals, and now are wanting to give them Z as well, WHAT EXACTLY does it mean anymore then, to BECOME a citizen? What is there left for US Citizens to have, that no one else does”?
The dem alderman simply said “nothing, and that is what we are trying to achieve”…