Judge Rules Trump Cannot Use the National Guard to Stop Riots in Los Angeles – Twitchy

Sometimes we hate to be right …

The proverbial ink was barely dry on our post entitled ‘LAWSPLAINING: Uh-oh. Judge Breyer Is Probably Going to Rule That Trump Cannot Call Out the Military in LA‘ when we got the news that our prediction was correct.

2/2 Full order: https://t.co/nNpyKIfbBl

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) June 13, 2025

We won’t go through the blow-by-blow right now (that last post helps you to understand the legal issues, though), because this is breaking news. But we will note that he basically defied Supreme Court precedent on whether or not a judge could decide if there is a rebellion in America, and claimed that Trump didn’t quite follow the technical procedure for federalizing the national guard.

Also, hilariously, he defined rebellion in a way that would mean that Trump definitely wasn’t guilty of insurrection on January 6, 2021.

And we will add that there is no way this judge wrote this 36 page opinion this quickly. We believe the majority of it was written before oral argument today, barely giving the Trump administration a chance to actually address the arguments.

In any case, it’s an outrageous decision overall, but there are two bright spots. First, it doesn’t address Trump’s deployment of the Marines and so he is technically allowed to do what he wants on that score. Second, the order is stayed until noon tomorrow. We expect Trump will file an appeal imminently and will work their way up the food chain until they at least get a stay.

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On to reactions:

If Trump doesn’t ignore this order.

Saturday will be anarchy.

— The New Mexico Ranger (@NewMexicoRanger) June 13, 2025

Hell No! Stay in your lane judge.

— Sherri in Texas (@SherriTexas) June 13, 2025

These types of cases are in error when issued. But it delays proper exercise of the powers of the executive while appeals are pending. Political rather than constitutional rulings should be a basis for removing judges who put politics over the law.

— Donald Bullock (@dmbullockjr) June 13, 2025

But getting two thirds of the Senate to remove such a judge is a tricky prospect at best.

That’s US Supreme Court retired Justice Breyer’s brother.

The coincidence-ridden 🌎 Alt Legal Universe the Left has us all in, defies all logic. pic.twitter.com/BElMoMoV2j

— Voice of Sanity (@HouseofElon) June 13, 2025

https://t.co/qTpfnXKOFw pic.twitter.com/5DjYWJO47t

— Highbrush (@PittBigley) June 13, 2025

https://t.co/lJHFFfVbnv pic.twitter.com/01cXVomyeb

— Dan Minucci (@HouseofMourthia) June 13, 2025

That is probably a reference to the apocryphal claim that Andew Jackson once said that Justice Marshall had made his ruling, let him enforce it. Whether Jackson actually said it or not, Jackson very much took that attitude. But we won’t bore you with the details, but there is a critical difference between Jackson’s inaction back then, and this situation. With Jackson, while the Supreme Court had ruled on the underlying legal dispute involved, the Court had not ordered anyone to do anything, let alone the Jackson or any member of the executive branch. So, this would be a slightly different situation. Trump would have to actively defy an this order.

There is simply no constitutional authority for a federal judge to do this. Not even a little. https://t.co/mTOJPvwD4w

— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) June 13, 2025

This is the real #insurrection

These judges legally don’t have the authority to do this 🥷 https://t.co/CUJMVVeFvf

— Card Sharp Ninja ♦️TM (@CardSharpNinja2) June 13, 2025

It is certainly threatening to turn America into a true oligarchy.

Hats off to Constitutional Law https://t.co/MSTohgo35C

— Gaia Lightbody (@GaiaLightbody) June 13, 2025

Um, no.

Finally:

Our executive branch is now a monstrous hydra with at least 678 heads https://t.co/g5jjlHGVEH

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) June 13, 2025

We take her to mean that basically every Federal Judge is effectively the President. But we do not believe that the Supreme Court will allow this to stand. We expect a quick stay at the very least, because unlike these dingbat lower court judges, Roberts and the other conservatives know they cannot tread on a president’s commander-in-chief powers and certainly not in such a hurried, haphazard and slapdash way.

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