California files lawsuit over Trump’s ‘unlawful’ deployment of national guard
by Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#6XVZ1)
Lawsuit claims administration trampled' on states sovereignty by bypassing governor Gavin Newsom
California on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing the US president of unlawfully" federalizing the state's national guard to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.
Trump's extraordinary deployment of troops to Los Angeles exceeds federal authority and violates the 10th amendment in an unprecedented usurpation" of state powers, according to the court filing.
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