Ninth Circuit allows Trump to retain control of California National Guard

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that President Trump can maintain control over 4,000 California National Guard troops in Los Angeles. The decision blocks, at least temporarily, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s efforts to regain control of the Guard.

( @realDonaldTrump - Truth Social Post ) ( Donald J. Trump - Jun 19, 2025, 11:49 PM ET ) BIG WIN in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the President’s core power to call in the National Guard! The Judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and ill prepared,… pic.twitter.com/Yl0TLSom8g — Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) June 20, 2025 The unanimous ruling, according to NPR, "says the situation in LA likely warranted the president using the California National Guard to ensure federal immigration laws were enforced. The court emphasized the decision only pertained to Trump’s authority to deploy the Guard and not what he could do with the troops once deployed."     Candace Cheung for Courthouse News reports that   "The panel — consisting of U.S. Circuit Judge Mark J. Bennett and U.S. Circuit Judge Eric D. Miller, both Trump appointees, and U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Sung, a Joe Biden appointee — had blocked a lower court's temporary restraining order on June 12, which had given control of the troops back to Newsom. This Thursday's order extends the emergency pause the president requested and blocks the restraining order. In their unanimous, per curiam opinion, the panel noted that it disagreed with the federal government's argument that Trump's deployment decision was `unreviewable' but still determined that Trump was within his authority to send out the state National Guard." KJ