US President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles following protests against his immigration removal law has been deemed "unlawful" by a US court.
"His actions were unlawful," said US Supreme Court Justice Charles Breyer in a ruling on Trump, obtained by AFP news agency. The judge ordered the president to "immediately" return control of the National Guard to the state of California.
The White House immediately appealed the decision — the case could go all the way to the Supreme Court. The appeals court temporarily granted Trump control over the National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles. The court announced that it will hold a hearing on the matter on June 17, writes A2 CNN.
"Donald Trump will be removed from office tomorrow at noon," Newsom said in his first televised statement after announcing the decision.
"He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one," the 57-year-old Democrat continued, criticizing the US president, writes A2 CNN.
Trump used Title 10, a rarely used law, to deploy a total of 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Typically, a state's governor mobilizes the National Guard to provide support during natural disasters. The Republican justified the move by saying that protests in Los Angeles against his administration's crackdown on immigrants had gotten out of control and that the city was "burning."
The last time a president – Lyndon B. Johnson – activated the National Guard against a governor's wishes was in 1965, to protect civil rights activists in Alabama.
Title 10 allows the use of the National Guard in the event of “a rebellion or threat of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States,” but does not authorize the troops to assume police duties. (A2 Televizion)
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