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https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-dc-deployment-c1c2b13a7102632632267bf1262506ffA federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however.
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to challenge the Guard deployments. He asked the judge to bar the White House from deploying Guard troops without the mayor’s consent while the lawsuit plays out.
Dozens of states took sides in Schwalb’s lawsuit, with their support falling along party lines.
Cobb found that while the president does have authority to protect federal functioning and property, he can’t unilaterally deploy the D.C. National Guard to help with crime control as he sees fit or call in troops from other states.
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Amazing how these liberal district judges think that they can co-opt the Executive Branch's military control and deployments. Under their logic, Eisenhower and Kennedy's use of National Guard and Federal troops during the Civil Rights Movement against the will of the southern governors and local authorities. Was that illegal too?
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