The government of California filed a lawsuit on the 9th, requesting the court to rule that the memorandum issued by U.S. President Trump on the 7th and the order based on it by the Department of Defense to deploy the California National Guard into the Los Angeles area are illegal, and is asking the court to revoke the related orders.
The California Attorney General's office issued a statement pointing out that the defendants in this case include Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth, accusing them of overstepping federal authority by federalizing the California National Guard for 60 days without a request from the governor, and violating the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
California Attorney General Bonta stated that Trump's move is a "strategy to create local chaos and crisis for his own political purposes." Federalizing the California National Guard in this manner is an abuse of presidential power and infringes upon states' rights conferred by the Constitution, undermining the foundational principles of the United States.
The statement pointed out that the Trump administration's action to bypass the governor in deploying the National Guard is "rare in history," and California Governor Newsom has requested that command of the "illegally deployed" National Guard be returned to him.
Trump signed the presidential memorandum on the 7th, ordering the Department of Defense to deploy 2,000 National Guard personnel to the Los Angeles area without a support request from Newsom. On the 8th, 300 members of the California National Guard were deployed. On the same day, intense clashes occurred between protesters and National Guard personnel deployed in front of the office of the federal law enforcement agency in downtown Los Angeles.
Since the 7th, Newsom has publicly expressed opposition to Trump's deployment decision. U.S. legal experts say this is the first time since 1965 that a U.S. president has deployed a state’s National Guard without a governor's request.