A federal judge said that the Trump administration must end its deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles , troops that were sent to the region despite the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom .

“The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one,” U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer wrote in a ruling issued on Wednesday.

His order was stayed until Monday, and the Trump administration indicated that it would appeal. The judge also ordered that the guard be returned to Newsom’s control.

Newsom challenged Trump’s authority to send in the National Guard in June. The guard, along with Marines, were sent to protect federal property amid protests of ongoing Immigration and Customs Enf

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