{"id":2446073,"date":"2025-06-11T16:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-slams-newsom-bid-to-halt-trumps-use-of-troops-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:47:58","slug":"doj-slams-newsom-bid-to-halt-trumps-use-of-troops-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-slams-newsom-bid-to-halt-trumps-use-of-troops-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ slams Newsom bid to halt Trump&#8217;s use of troops &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-slams-newsom-bid-to-halt-trumps-use-of-troops-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Justice Department opposed California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s request to block President Donald Trump&#8217;s deployment of troops in Los Angeles, labeling the claims in Newsom&#8217;s lawsuit as &#8220;baseless.&#8221; The lawsuit was initiated in response to Trump&#8217;s use of National Guard adn Marines to safeguard federal property amidst violent protests related to immigration enforcement. The DOJ argued that the president&#8217;s actions fall within his lawful authority to protect federal personnel and facilities. they emphasized that there is no &#8220;rioters&#8217; veto&#8221; over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a> and cited precedents to support the president&#8217;s right to activate the National Guard without gubernatorial consent. A hearing regarding the matter is scheduled for Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ slams Newsom&rsquo;s bid to halt Trump&rsquo;s use of troops as a &lsquo;crass political stunt&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2145134\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Justice Department told a federal court on Wednesday that it should not grant a request from Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gavin Newsom\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) to block President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s use of troops to quell violence in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a>, saying the claims of Newsom&rsquo;s lawsuit are &ldquo;baseless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>California officials had filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday against Trump&rsquo;s use of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >protect federal property amid protests<\/a>, some of which turned violent, over immigration raids. Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked District Judge Charles Breyer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3437241\/newsom-asks-court-emergency-order-troops-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"quickly issue a temporary restraining order\">issue a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-georgia-update-judge-issues-restraining-order-for-10-days-preventing-defendants-from-destroying-or-erasing-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"BREAKING GEORGIA UPDATE: Judge Issues Restraining Order for 10 Days Preventing Defendants from Destroying or Erasing Dominion Voting Machines\">temporary restraining order<\/a> quickly<\/a> on Tuesday, but Breyer instead set a hearing for Thursday to consider the motion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3438359\/judges-signal-openness-move-criminal-case-trump-federal-court\/\">Judges signal openness to moving Trump criminal case to federal court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3438479\/la-police-arrests-bass-curfew-rioters\/\">LA police announce hundreds of arrests as Bass&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-police-arrest-hundreds-as-basss-curfew-puts-damper-on-riots\/\" title=\"LA police arrest hundreds as Bass\u2019s curfew puts damper on riots\">curfew puts damper<\/a> on rioters&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3437319\/why-trump-likely-win-battle-la-immigration-enforcement\/\">Why Trump is likely to win battle with LA over immigration enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.450934\/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.22.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filing to the court\">filing to the court<\/a> Wednesday, the DOJ argued California officials were attempting to stop the president &ldquo;from exercising his lawful statutory and constitutional power to ensure that federal personnel and facilities are protected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no rioters&rsquo; veto to enforcement of federal law,&rdquo; the DOJ said in its filing. &ldquo;And the President has every right under the Constitution and by statute to call forth the National Guard and Marines to quell lawless violence directed against enforcement of federal law. Yet instead of working to bring order to Los Angeles, California and its Governor filed a lawsuit in San Francisco seeking a court order limiting the federal government&rsquo;s ability to protect its property and officials.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The extraordinary relief Plaintiffs request would judicially countermand the Commander in Chief&rsquo;s military directives &ndash; and would do so in the posture of a temporary restraining order, no less. That would be unprecedented. It would be constitutionally anathema. And it would be dangerous,&rdquo; the DOJ added.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ argued that Trump&rsquo;s decision to federalize the National Guard and send it to Los Angeles without Newsom&rsquo;s consent was within his presidential duties under 10 U.S.C. &sect; 12406.<\/p>\n<p>The filing pointed to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower&rsquo;s 1957 decision to federalize the National Guard to allow the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, arguing that then-Gov. Orval Faubus was not allowed to veto the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Section 12406 affords no veto to Governor Newsom over the President&rsquo;s decision to call forth the guard, just as it afforded no veto to Governor Faubus when President Eisenhower last invoked the predecessor to Section 12406 to ensure that the enforcement of federal law was not obstructed,&rdquo; the DOJ filing said.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ urged the court not to intervene by claiming the conditions for Trump to federalize the National Guard were met and that the federal court is barred from second-guessing the president&rsquo;s decision. The DOJ filing pointed to the 1827 Supreme Court decision in <em>Martin v. Mott<\/em>, which held a president&rsquo;s decision to call up militia for a national emergency was not something the judiciary may scrutinize.<\/p>\n<p>California officials had urged the court to stop Trump&rsquo;s actions, claiming his &ldquo;use of the military and the federalized National Guard to patrol communities or otherwise engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-asks-court-for-emergency-order-to-block-troops-in-la\/\" title=\"Newsom asks court for emergency order to block ... in LA\">general law enforcement activities creates imminent harm<\/a> to State Sovereignty, deprives the State of vital resources, escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3437510\/judge-declines-grant-gavin-newsom-emergency-order-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JUDGE DECLINES TO IMMEDIATELY GRANT NEWSOM EMERGENCY ORDER BLOCKING TROOPS IN LA\">JUDGE DECLINES TO IMMEDIATELY GRANT NEWSOM EMERGENCY ORDER BLOCKING TROOPS IN LA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DOJ contends that the National Guard members and Marines deployed to Los Angeles are not &ldquo;engaged in law enforcement&rdquo; but &ldquo;protecting law enforcement, consistent with longstanding practice and the inherent protective power to provide for the safety of federal property and personnel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The hearing over California&rsquo;s bid to halt the president&rsquo;s actions is scheduled for Thursday at 4:30 p.m. EDT in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Breyer gave California officials until Thursday at noon EDT to respond to the DOJ&rsquo;s opposition filing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2145134\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2145134\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ criticizes Newsom&#8217;s attempt to stop Trump&#8217;s troop deployment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2446074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/California-national-guard-deployed-june-11-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7076,3678,9689,3634],"class_list":["post-2446073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doj","tag-newsom","tag-troops","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/California-national-guard-deployed-june-11-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446077,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446073\/revisions\/2446077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}