Trump broke the law when he deployed troops
to Los Angeles, judge rules
Politico,
by
Kyle Cheney
&
Josh Gerstein
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
9/2/2025 11:14:07 AM
A federal judge has declared President Donald Trump’s use of military troops in Los Angeles illegal, barring the Pentagon from using National Guard members and Marines from performing police functions, like arrests and crowd control.
In a 52-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer warned that Trump appears intent on “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.” Trump billed his deployment of troops to Los Angeles, starting in early June, as a way of bolstering immigration enforcement efforts amid protests in the city against the president’s deportation agenda. Though Trump has now withdrawn all but 300 of those troops, he is mulling
Post Reply
Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”
Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 11:23:48 AM (No. 1998683)
Isn't this guy related to former SCOTUS justice Breyer?
19 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 11:28:07 AM (No. 1998685)
As I recall the LAPD chief admitted publicly that the LAPD was
"overwhelmed". Judge Breyer apparently missed the fact that NG troops only guarded federal buildings. They were not acting as police.
He is a pompous underinformed fool.
51 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 11:30:10 AM (No. 1998686)
Ditto the Marines.
18 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Axeman 9/2/2025 11:43:19 AM (No. 1998693)
What does "appears intent" have to do with the law?
I think this judge appears intent on fomenting violence. Arrest him!
33 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 11:50:10 AM (No. 1998694)
This one-sided report on this seriously hgiased jude is from Politico.
"Breyer’s ruling bars the Pentagon from “ordering, instructing, training, or using the National Guard currently deployed in California, and any military troops heretofore deployed in California” from “engaging in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants,” without demonstrating they have permission from Congress."
They did none of that.
"An earlier decision from Breyer against Trump’s call-up of National Guard troops was quickly lifted by a federal appeals court. In that earlier decision, in June, Breyer had found that the deployment was unlawful because there was little sign that the situation in southern California met criteria Congress has specified for federalizing a state’s military forces, such as danger of a rebellion or difficulty in executing federal law."
The LAPD chief: "We're overwhelmed."
15 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 11:56:47 AM (No. 1998697)
Politico's liberal media toadies cite this as a win for Gavin. Pffffft
Meanwhile:
"Breyer stressed that he was not ordering a withdrawal of the roughly 300 troops that remain in Los Angeles, but simply that they only perform functions authorized by federal law."
Which is what they did in LA during the riots.
24 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
chance_232 9/2/2025 12:09:55 PM (No. 1998704)
So....... would this same judge order California to engage their law enforcement to get the riots under control. Because if memory serves, the riots and lawlessness was out of control with the local police just standing there watching.
So, what DO YOU DO, when the local government refuses to act and the citizens are being terrorized. Answer me that Judge.
16 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Californian 9/2/2025 12:10:55 PM (No. 1998705)
Over turned in 3...2...1....
18 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
BarryNo 9/2/2025 12:14:08 PM (No. 1998706)
Judge can sit and spin. All he's good for.
16 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
hershey 9/2/2025 12:20:36 PM (No. 1998710)
Another little prissy federal judge spouting off...Obama or Biden appointee???
14 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 9/2/2025 12:37:35 PM (No. 1998721)
Another lefty activist masquerading as a judge. The so-called judge is parroting lefty talking points.
14 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/2/2025 12:51:29 PM (No. 1998730)
Liberal Democrat San Francisco Judge, so what would you expect?
10 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
JimBob 9/2/2025 1:08:57 PM (No. 1998738)
He's a William 'HornDog' Clinton appointee. Ex-Watergate prosecutor. (What the 'Rats and the Lamestreams did to President Nixon was a precursor to what they did to President Trump.)
I wonder how much we Taxpayers are shelling out for the Judge's 'security' as the unchecked feral population destroys the city.
10 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 1:19:26 PM (No. 1998742)
83 years old. Tick tick tick...
7 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/2/2025 1:33:37 PM (No. 1998745)
Breyer has held this seat since 1997. His offcial photo (Wiki) shows him to he a fop, with a cutesy red how tie over the hlack robe.
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 9/2/2025 1:45:32 PM (No. 1998750)
Libtard Clinton appointee has already been overturned once trying to stop DJT from deploying the National Guard. This should be quickly overturned as well. These resistance warriors are nothing if not persistent, but it's long past time for both Congress and SCOTUS to impose some serious penalties on these rogue judges who insist on using their bench to play partisan politics.
9 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Phantomll 9/2/2025 1:59:21 PM (No. 1998755)
Good grief - enough with these federal judges already!!!!
8 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Birddog 9/2/2025 2:35:58 PM (No. 1998768)
He is a judge in the "Northern District", whatever troops were involved are in the SOUTH...Not his district, no standing to even hear the case, let alone get involved in National, Military chain of command, functions..Two of the conditions cited..."Difficulty enforcing Federal Laws, and Rebellion" are clearly evident...The Dem leadership of the State and several cities are blatantly,very publicly, REFUSING to enforce Federal Laws, are actively interfering with Federal Laws, and publicly announcing they are Rebelling against Federal Laws, Federal Law enforcement, and the legitimate Federal Govt.
4 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/2/2025 3:51:26 PM (No. 1998797)
Did Ike break the law when he called in troops to allow blacks to attend college, or is that different
5 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 9/2/2025 4:13:15 PM (No. 1998810)
The judge is full of manure, will be overturned.
2 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 9/2/2025 4:16:03 PM (No. 1998811)
Re #1, IIRC, this guy is a younger brother of the SCOTUS Breyer....an extreme leftist who we are fortunate is gone from SCOTUS. Little brother trying to be as big a PITA as his older brother was.
2 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/2/2025 7:47:23 PM (No. 1998875)
Okay, King Judge, what would you like to do about illegals?
1 person likes this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Dreadnought"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)