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fromSan Jose Inside
3 days ago
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Judge Orders National Guard Out of LA, Back to Newsom's Control

A federal judge ordered the National Guard to leave Los Angeles and return to Governor Gavin Newsom's control, ruling federalization illegal.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago
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Oregon's National Guard lawsuit hinges on Trump's Truth Social posts

The federal government's move to federalize Oregon's National Guard sparked a lawsuit challenging executive overreach and questioned legal and factual bases for deployment.
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fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Trump Might Get to Send the National Guard Anywhere He Wants

The law Trump has cited to activate National Guard troops is not the Insurrection Act - though he has openly contemplated it - but rather an emergency statute titled Section 12406. (Not every statute gets a memorably ominous moniker.) That law permits the president to deploy the Guard, even over the objection of a state governor, in cases of rebellion or foreign invasion, or when "the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States."
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