Judge rules Trump's deployment of troops to Los Angeles illegal
TL;DR
A federal court in California ruled that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act by deploying military troops and National Guard members to Los Angeles for law enforcement purposes, restricting their use in civilian law enforcement and highlighting concerns over the president's authority to override this law.
Topics:top-newspolitics#federal-law#los-angeles#national-guard#politics#posse-comitatus-act#trump-administration
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