California Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Says President ‘Manufactured Crisis’ | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Zach Jewell.

    California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, alleging the president "is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis" after he deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles over the weekend.

    The lawsuit argues that President Donald Trump unconstitutionally called in the National Guard and infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom's role without there being a clear threat of "invasion" or "rebellion," The Washington Post reported. Trump deployed the National Guard, a power typically exercised by governors, on Saturday as anti-ICE protests turned into riots and agitators attacked federal, state, and local law enforcement and set fire to cars in the street.

    "Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion," California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta said. "The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends."

    Newsom added, "This is a manufactured crisis. He is creating fear and terror to take over a state militia and violate the U.S. constitution. The illegal order he signed could allow him to send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES. Every governor - red or blue - should reject this outrageous overreach. There's a lot of hyperbole out there. This isn't that. This is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism that threatens the foundation of our republic. We cannot let it stand."

    On Monday, Trump defended his decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, saying that the city "would have been completely obliterated" without his action.

    "The very incompetent 'Governor,' Gavin Newscum, and 'Mayor,' Karen Bass, should be saying, 'THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR,'" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren't needed, and that these are 'peaceful protests.'"

    In his order to deploy the National Guard, Trump cited U.S. Code Title 10, Section 12406, which allows the president to call in the National Guard under invasion from a foreign nation, a rebellion "or danger of rebellion" against the U.S. government, or if "the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." The statute has not faced much judicial scrutiny, according to Bonta, but he said he feels confident that the courts will side with California.


    Trump could also point to the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to federalize the National Guard and deploy the U.S. military to quell domestic disorder or violence. Asked about invoking the Insurrection Act on Sunday, Trump replied, "It depends on whether or not there's an insurrection." At the time, he said that the current situation didn't amount to an insurrection, adding, "But you have violent people and we're not going to let them get away with it."

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