Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act,

[tblue37]

BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."

Injunction granted.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-09-02T13:21:47.097Z

Judge Breyer bars the military in LA from performing police functions like arrests and crowd control. He says this was not a "one-off" violation of law by individual troops but a systmatic and knowing violation by Pentagon leaders

[MrWowWow]

1. What Say SCROTUM-6?

That's where this is going.

[tblue37]

2. Probably.

[tblue37]

3. Newsome's response:

Newsom after judge ruling on national guard in LA: 'Trump loses again'
California governor Gavin Newsom responded to his state’s federal court win that Trump’s deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles this summer was illegal.

“DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN” Newsom posted on X. “The courts agree -- his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/02/congress-returns-government-shutdown-funding-trump-announcement-us-politics-live-latest-updates

[Squaredeal]

4. The only recourse is impeachment & conviction.

He’s immune so he’ll just ignore the courts.

[tblue37]

5. Trump admin vows to defy judge's order: 'The military will remain in LA'

Trump admin vows to defy judge's order: 'The military will remain in LA'

The Department of Justice vowed that the U.S. military would "remain in Los Angeles" after a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump had illegally deployed troops to the city.

Snip

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli: "The military will remain in Los Angeles. This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction. The military has never engaged in direct law enforcement operations here in LA. They protect our federal employees our properties so our federal agents can safely enforce federal laws."

Snip

https://www.rawstory.com/los-angeles-troops/?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=2&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsVP9S9ZC8WNR522#cxrecs_s

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Use of federal troops in Los Angeles is unlawful, judge says

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order prohibiting troops.

Use of federal troops in Los Angeles is unlawful, judge says https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-troops-los-angeles-unlawful-judge/story?id=125179111
#fivethirtyeight #elections #news

— Fivethirtyeight 🤖 (@fivethirtyeight.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy) 2025-09-02T14:03:31.000Z

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-troops-los-angeles-unlawful-judge/story

The Trump administration's use of federal troops in Los Angeles to conduct law enforcement operations is unlawful, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order prohibiting troops from engaging in security patrols, riot control, arrests, searches and crowd control. The order does not take effect until Sept. 12 to allow the Trump administration to appeal.

Breyer said the use of federal troops effectively created a "national police force with the president as its chief" and violated the Posse Comitatus Act.

"The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act," Breyer wrote.....

Breyer issued his decision after holding a three-day trial last month featuring testimony from military leadership about the ongoing operations in the Los Angeles area.