Newsom’s Victory Over Trump Short-Lived

California Governor Gavin Newsom scored a brief victory over President Donald Trump last week as United States District Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Thursday that the deployment of the National Guard was illegal and violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded the President’s statutory authority.

However, Knewz.com has learned that the victory was short-lived as a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the federal judge’s order to return control of National Guard troops to the state of California merely hours later.

President Trump thanked the ruling in a Truth Social post on Friday, writing:

“The Appeals Court ruled last night that I can use the National Guard to keep our cities, in this case Los Angeles, safe. If I didn’t send the Military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now. We saved L.A. Thank you for the Decision!!!”

The protests and unrest in Los Angeles were sparked by large-scale immigration enforcement actions, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly arrested at least 44 undocumented individuals.

The raids triggered widespread protests throughout the city, with demonstrators blocking highways, setting vehicles ablaze, and clashing with federal agents. According to reports, protesters targeted self-driving Waymo cars in several instances, setting them on fire.

To deal with the situation, the President signed a memorandum ordering the deployment of “2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness.”

In an official letter addressed to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday afternoon, Governor Newsom requested to have the National Guard removed from Los Angeles and returned to his command.

“I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command. We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed,” Governor Newsom wrote on X.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced last week that the state of California had filed a lawsuit challenging the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

Earlier on Thursday, Judge Breyer ordered Trump to relinquish control of California’s National Guard troops to Governor Newsom, ruling that the civil unrest accompanying the immigration protests fell “far short of ‘rebellion.”

“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,” Judge Breyer wrote in the 36-page opinion.

During the afternoon hearing, the federal judge further stated that Trump’s stance “evoked the founding fathers’ fear of a monarchy,” according to reports.

“That’s not where we live. We live in response to a monarch. This country was founded in response to a monarch… The Constitution is a document of limitations,” Judge Breyer said during the emergency court hearing.

Following the ruling, Newsom said in a statement to reporters:

“I’m confident in the rule of law. I’m confident in the Constitution of the United States… I’m confident in the wisdom and judgment of a very well-respected federal judge. And I’m confident, on the basis of the review of the 36 pages – absolutely it will stand.”

However, hours later, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Judge Breyer’s order and set a Tuesday hearing on the matter, reports have mentioned. Until then, Trump’s deployment of the National Guard will remain in place.

“The appeals court’s short-term block came after an urgent plea from the Trump administration for a ruling before midnight in Washington, saying Breyer’s decision represented a dangerous affront to Trump’s power as commander in chief to protect federal interests,” it has been reported.

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