A federal judge ruled on Tuesday (September 2) that President Donald Trump ’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles earlier this year violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits using the military for domestic law enforcement . District Judge Charles Breyer , based in San Francisco, issued an order blocking the federal government from using military troops in law enforcement operations in California, effective September 12.

The ruling followed a non-jury trial where California argued that the military's involvement in immigration raids and law enforcement tasks around Los Angeles breached federal law . The state highlighted that the military presence was larger than the troop deployment to Afghanistan after 9/11. Judge Breyer noted that the troops ex

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