BREAKING: Federal Judge Sides With Trump, Smacks Down Newsom's Emergency Request
A federal judge has declined California Governor Gavin Newsom's emergency request for an immediate restraining order to stop President Donald Trump from
A federal judge has declined California Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency request for an immediate restraining order to stop President Donald Trump from deploying military personnel to protect federal property and personnel from rioters in Los Angeles.
After California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop the deployment of both National Guard personnel and U.S. Marines, Newsom followed up on Tuesday with an emergency request seeking immediate relief.
The filing included a declaration from Paul Eck, deputy general counsel in the California Military Department, who said the federal government intends to use military personnel to assist with immigration enforcement operations. This support would include holding secure perimeters around areas where immigration raids were taking place and securing streets for federal agents.
Agents came under attack while carrying out lawful immigration raids in Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday, while similar, albeit more mild incidents have taken place in other parts of the country.
Military personnel have thus far been protecting federal buildings, though it is unclear if their mission will change in the near future.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer declined Newsom’s emergency ruling request, but granted the Trump administration’s request for more time to respond to the governor’s filing. The federal government will now have until 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday to respond to California’s filing.
The request did not push to stop National Guard personnel from guarding federal property, but sought to “avoid irreparable harm to our communities and the rule of law that is likely to result” from troops enforcing immigration laws. In a notice of opposition to the request, the Trump Administration called Newsom’s actions “legally meritless.”
“Defendants, including President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth have sought to bring military personnel and a ‘warrior culture’ to the streets of cities and towns where Americans work, go to school, and raise their families,” Newsom’s filing said. “Now, they have turned their sights on California with devastating consequences, setting a roadmap to follow across the country.”
The decision comes as Los Angeles gears up for a potential fifth night of unrest after National Guard personnel were forced to assist Los Angeles Police officers with riot control for the first time on Monday night.
After the mob was pushed away from the federal building in the area around city hall, rioters broke off into smaller groups and began to loot storefronts in Little Tokyo and other downtown neighborhoods.
Trump has left the door open to invoking the Insurrection Act, which authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or domestic violence, if the unrest continues. “If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” the president said while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday. “But I can tell you last night was terrible, and the night before that was terrible.”
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