Trump maintains control of National Guard thanks to 9th Circuit order – but what is that?

US president Donald Trump secured a small victory late Thursday (12 June), when the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a temporary pause on a previous court order – one which concerned handing control of the National Guard to California governor Gavin Newsom.

As a reminder, the reserve force was called in by Trump following protests in Los Angeles over his administration’s immigration policies, and raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Newsom previously alleged the Republican had “illegally acted to federalize the National Guard”, and sued Trump over the move, with Judge Charles R. Breyer ruling that the president’s actions were “illegal” by both “exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution”.

Then the appeals court ruling changed things…

What is the 9th Circuit?

It’s an appeals court covering the ninth circuit or ‘area’ of the United States, which per the court’s own website, concerns:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• California (the central, eastern, northern and southern districts)
• Guam
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Oregon
• Washington (the eastern and western districts).

What did the circuit judges say?

Not a lot. The order is only one page long, grants the Trump administration’s request for a pause on the previous ruling, and says a remote hearing on Zoom to discuss the case will take place on Tuesday afternoon.

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