- 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.
Maybe, just maybe, the institutions failed and created this circumstance by design.
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.