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Trial begins on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law

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A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed troops to Los Angeles.

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  1. ABC 7 New York

    Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed troops to Los Angeles.

  2. KESQ Palm Springs

    The legal battle over Trump’s use of the National Guard moves to a California courtroom (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Zoe Sottile, Julia Vargas Jones, Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to face off Monday to determine whether the president violated a 147-year-old law when he deployed the National Guard to quell protests over immigration raids in Lo…

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    The legal battle over Trump’s use of the National Guard moves to a California courtroom | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Zoe Sottile, Julia Vargas Jones, Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to face off

  4. Washington Examiner

    Trial begins over Trump’s deployment of troops in California (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A federal judge will hold a three-day trial to determine whether Trump's deployment of troops in California violated the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

  5. ABC 7 San Francisco

    LIVE UPDATES: Trial in San Francisco federal court over Trump's National Guard deployment to LA (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    ABC7 News reporter Monica Madden is in the courtroom as a federal judge hears arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers to LA following June immigration raid protests. Here are live updates

  6. KESQ Palm Springs

    Trial to begin over troop deployment in Los Angeles (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A judge today will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles in June to quell protests over immigration raids.

  7. Fox News

    Trump and Newsom fight over National Guard heads to trial in California (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A federal judge will weigh the merits of Newsom's argument that Trump illegally federalized the National Guard in response to anti-ICE protests and riots in Los Angeles.

  8. News Nation Now

    Trial begins over Trump’s National Guard use in Los Angeles (opens News Nation Now)

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    A federal judge is set to hear arguments over whether President Donald Trump broke the law when he deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles in June.

  9. NBC Los Angeles

    Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to LA violated federal law (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    A federal judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles.

  10. WMUR

    Judge to rule on Trump’s National Guard deployment to Los Angeles (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    A federal judge in San Francisco will determine if the Trump administration violated federal law by deploying National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles

  11. NBC News

    Legality of Trump's deployment of National Guard in L.A. is argued in federal court (opens NBC News)

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    Just hours after President Donald Trump said he would deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., a federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments Monday about whether the administration violated federal law when it mobilized troops to Los Angeles this summer

  12. NPR

    Judge hears case on legality of National Guard's deployment in L.A. (opens NPR)

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    A federal judge is considering whether the President Trump violated laws about the use of the military in law enforcement during his deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

  13. ABC 13 Houston

    Trial begins on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed troops to Los Angeles.

  14. Washington Examiner

    Legality of Trump’s National Guard deployment to Los Angeles on trial (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Trump announced plans on Monday to send 800 National Guard troops to Washington D.C., as his California guard deployment is on trial.

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