National Guard, Trump and Los Angeles
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There’s growing concern of the politicization of the military as the White House says they could deploy the National Guard to more U.S. cities. Nancy Youssef, Retired LT Col. Rob D'Amico and Retired Lieutenant General Stephen Twitty join The Weekend to discuss.
Deep-cut case law and 19th century constitutional interpretation underpin the Trump administration argument for deploying troops to Los Angeles.
Gavin Newsom’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED,” the court wrote in a short order tonight after the White House and DOJ came up short this afternoon in their bid