Explainer: Does US law allow Trump to send troops to quell protests?
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Explainer: Does US law allow Trump to send troops to quell protests?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/does-us-law-allow-trump-send-troops-quell-protests-2025-06-08/
By Dietrich Knauth
June 9, 20256:24 PM CD TUpdated 14 hours ago
June 9 - President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to California after days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids, saying the protests interfered with federal law enforcement and framing them as a possible “form of rebellion , opens new tab” against the authority of the U.S. government. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday mobilized 700 active duty Marines as part of the government’s response to the protests.
California sued the Trump administration on Monday to end the "unlawful" deployment of troops in Los Angeles County and return the state National Guard to California Governor Gavin Newsom's command.
WHAT LAWS DID TRUMP CITE TO JUSTIFY THE DEPLOYMENT?
Trump cited Title 10 of the U.S. Code, a federal law that outlines the role of the U.S. Armed Forces, in his June 7 order to call members of the California National Guard into federal service.
A provision of Title 10 - Section 12406 , opens new tab - allows the president to deploy National Guard units into federal service if the U.S. is invaded, there is a “rebellion or danger of rebellion” or the president is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
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Trump also did not consult with Newsom before deploying the National Guard, violating Section 12406's requirement that orders to deploy the National Guard "shall be issued through the governors of the States," according to the lawsuit.
WHAT IS THE LAWSUIT ASKING FOR?
The lawsuit seeks a declaration from the court Trump's order is unlawful and an injunction blocking it from being enforced.
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California National Guard troops stand outside the Edward R. Roybal federal building, in Los Angeles
Members of the California National Guard stand guard, as a demonstartion against federal immigration sweeps takes place, outside the Edward R. Roybal federal building, after their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, in response to protests, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake