Lawyers for California and for the Trump administration returned to court Friday to argue whether the president has the authority to extend the federal deployment of more than 300 members of the state’s National Guard indefinitely.

In a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Judge Charles Breyer spent the better part of an hour-and-a-half-long hearing asking the U.S. attorney to cite specific evidence to support the decision to federalize state troops during protests against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.

“What evidence is there?” Breyer repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Hamilton, who alleged threats to federal personnel and property.

Breyer then asked the U.S. attorney whether there are any checks on the president’s power to determine the length of a de

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