The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the 12th suspended the effect of a lower court order that suspended President Donald Trump’s order to deploy the National Guard.
Earlier on the same day, the Northern District of California, the trial court, ruled that President Trump’s order to deploy the California National Guard was illegal for reasons such as “abuse of authority” and “violation of procedure,” and that it should be suspended. However, the 9th Circuit, the higher court, immediately overturned the ruling, allowing President Trump to maintain control over the California National Guard until the court makes a separate ruling.
In LA, protests the crackdown on illegal immigrants by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have spread since the 6th. In response, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum on the 7th, ordering the deployment of the National Guard, stating that the riots were “threatening to be an insurrection or rebellion.
With this ruling, President Trump’s control of the National Guard will remain until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals makes a further decision.