Newsom Denied Day In Court In Latest Trump Battle Over Troops In LA As Judge Punts: “You Are Going To Tell Me What To Do,” He Informs DOJ & State Lawyers Dominic PattenFri, June 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM In the fog of jurisdictional war, the legal battle between Donald Trump & Gavin Newsom over troops on the ground the streets in Los Angeles took a judicial pause today Just hours after an Appeals Court shut down the California Governor’s attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order on POTUS’ control of National Guard troops, Newsom has seen hopes of a quick work around dashed by a federal judge. “Now it is not clear to me that the 9th Circuit stay of the TRO divests this court of its usual authority pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure …to grant or modify an injunction as to the Posse Comitatus Act following its refusal to grant one,” Judge Charles Breyer told lawyers Eric Hamilton for Trump and Jane Reilley for Newsom this morning in a hearing in San Francisco. “Of...
