Judge Charles Breyer, a senior judge on the federal bench for the Northern District of California, ruled Monday that President Donald Trump exceeded his powers in deploying the military to Los Angeles.

Specifially, Breyer — a Bill Clinton appointee who is also the younger brother of retired Supreme Court Stephen Breyer — ruled that Trump had violated the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which prevents federal troops from being used in state or local law enforcement. (The law was passed with the support of white supremacist Democrats to push back federal troops that had enforced Reconstruction in the South.)

Trump had called in both the National Guard and the U.S. Marines to protect federal property and federal law enforcement officials, including Immigation and Customs Enforcement officers

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