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Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers

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Ongoing federal court cases challenge the president’s authority to unilaterally federalize state National Guard units, with multiple states filing legal challenges to Trump’s deployment of California’s National Guard. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the president …

Supreme Court State Governors Department of Defense California Governor New York Attorney General Letitia James +1 more national-guard constitutional-crisis separation-of-powers federal-state-relations
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First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority

| Importance: 9/10

Federal District Court in D.C. issued a landmark ruling challenging Trump administration’s unilateral National Guard deployment powers. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act by sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles for immigration …

Federal District Court Department of Defense State Governors Donald Trump 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals +5 more national-guard military-authority constitutional-interpretation executive-power judicial-review +2 more
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