Court says Trump Had No Authority to Send Troops to LA; the Military Force Sent to Quell a Non-Existent "Rebellion" was Larger than the Number of Troops Sent to Afghanistan 3 Months after 9/11

From [HERE] federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s use of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles earlier this year violated a federal law that prohibits using the military as a domestic police force.

San Francisco-based District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order blocking the federal government from using military troops in immigration raids or other law enforcement operations in California.

Breyer, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, wrote that Trump is using the military as “a national police force with the President as its chief.”

Breyer stayed his order, which enjoins further use of troops for law enforcement tasks in California, until Sept. 12.

Trump deployed thousands of California National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles in June in response to protests over his aggressive immigration raids throughout the city. 

Breyer’s decision came after a non-jury trial last month over California’s claim that military troops accompanying federal law enforcement agents during operations in and around Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which generally bars the soldiers from engaging in civilian law enforcement operations.

California’s attorneys noted in the trial that the military force Trump sent to Los Angeles was larger than the number of troops deployed to Afghanistan three months after 9/11. [MORE]