The feud between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Trump administration continues as both parties returned to court Monday for a three-day trial over the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in June.
President Trump deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles on June 7 to suppress immigration riots that erupted in the city because of ICE deportations. When riots persisted, the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth deployed 200 Marines to the area on June 13 to guard the Wilshire Federal Building.
In court, the Newsom administration is arguing the National Guard members and Marines deployed to Los Angeles under the orders of Trump and Hegseth illegally engaged with civilian law enforcement, violating the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Posse Comitatus Act is a federal law prohibiting the use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement activities unless authorized by Congress or exceptions in the Constitution.
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