Deploying National Guard In Los Angeles Was Illegal, Rules Federal Judge In SF

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/02/deploying-national-guard-in-los-angeles-was-illegal-rules-federal-judge-in-sf/A federal judge has ruled that the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles in June constituted an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement purposes. In a widely expected decision, US District Judge Charles Breyer issued a ruling Tuesday morning that finds the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard and Marines to quell protests in Los Angeles was a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. The ruling largely echoes a more brief decision issued by this same judge as part of an emergency injunction in June. As the Associated Press reports, Breyer's ruling finds that administration officials "willf