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Governor Gavin Newsom mentioned in an official assertion that he’s upset within the Ninth Circuit Court docket’s choice to permit President Trump to retain management of the California Nationwide Guard, however is touting one side of the court docket ruling as a victory.
Writing on X early Friday morning, the Democratic governor proclaimed that Trump is “not a king and not above the law.”
“The court rightly rejected Trump’s claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court. The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump’s authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens,” he went on to say in a press assertion later.
Newsom and Trump face off (Pool)
JUDGE MULLS TRUMP’S AUTHORITY OVER NATIONAL GUARD, WARNS US IS NOT ‘KING GEORGE’ MONARCHY
The court docket rejected Trump’s claims that he can federalize the California Nationwide Guard at will and nonetheless keep away from judicial scrutiny, the governor famous.
“The Ninth Circuit rejected Trump’s sweeping claim that he can federalize the National Guard for any reason and avoid judicial scrutiny, even as it stayed an emergency district court order. This is a critical check on presidential overreach and confirmation that the President is not above the law,” Newsom’s press workplace said.
Newsom’s workplace mentioned that each Newsom and Lawyer Normal Rob Bonta stay dedicated to holding the president accountable for utilizing the navy as home regulation enforcement – actions, they argued, had been in violation of federal regulation.
Though Newsom says the ruling is a win, there may be nonetheless an ongoing battle because the unanimous ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals on Thursday allowed President Trump to maintain management of Nationwide Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles earlier this month to quell riots throughout demonstrations towards U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
U.S. Nationwide Guard members are deployed round downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest the night time earlier than. (AP Picture/Eric Thayer)
TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AGAINST NEWSOM IN BATTLE FOR NATIONAL GUARD CONTROL
Trump’s choice to deploy the Nationwide Guard was the primary by a president of a state Nationwide Guard with out the governor’s permission since 1965.
L-R: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Getty Pictures)
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Within the submitting, the court docket said that they believed the president had made a lawful choice.
Although the president didn’t notify the governor earlier than deploying the Nationwide Guard as required by regulation, the court docket cited that Newsom had no energy to veto the president’s order.
