• Trump sent Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles
  • California challenges legality of use of Guard troops

Aug 11 (Reuters) - A landmark trial kicks off on Monday over the use by Donald Trump’s administration of National Guard forces to support its deportation efforts and quell protests in Los Angeles, in a legal challenge to the U.S. president’s break from long-standing norms against deploying troops on American streets.

The three-day non-jury trial before San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement when Trump deployed the troops in June, as the state of California claims in its legal challenge.

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    7 days ago

    The precedent for an occupying force inside an american city is revolution, please shut the fuck up

    “The jews in germany really should have done more within the courts to oppose the enabling act, but nothing more because of the precedent it would set”

    Your cowardice will condemn millions

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      Going through the process keeps our democracy and institutions in tact and shows dipshit that we still care about our constitution. Revolution throws all that out the window.

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          6 days ago

          Or, assholes found and exploited weaknesses in the system, and those tasked with checking them are on the take. I wouldn’t say totally failed, but failing absolutely.