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Appeals Court Humiliates Newsom, Restores Trump's Control of National Guard

Matt Margolis : Jun 13, 2025  PJ Media

"...The district court has no authority to usurp the President's authority as commander in chief." -White House deputy press Secretary Anna Kelly

[PJMedia.com] What a difference a few hours makes. Just when California Governor Gavin Newsom thought he had scored a political victory against President Trump, reality came crashing down courtesy of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. (Screengrab image: via MSNBC-via X)

On Thursday night, Clinton-appointed Judge Charles B. Breyer handed Newsom what appeared to be an early Christmas present, ordering Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the Golden State's governor. Breyer claimed Trump's federalization of the Guard was "illegal" and violated both statutory authority and the Tenth Amendment.

"That's not where we live. We live in response to a monarch. This country was founded in response to a monarch," Breyer reportedly said at the hearing. "The Constitution is a document of limitations."

The ruling, of course, was absurd, as the president of the United States has long had the authority to activate the National Guard. Nevertheless, Newsom, predictably, rushed to spike the football.

He even took to the television cameras to gloat.

But Newsom's victory lap lasted about as long as a California power grid during peak summer usage.

Later that same evening, a three-judge panel on the Ninth USCircuit Court of Appeals stepped in to restore sanity. The appeals court blocked Breyer's ruling and granted the Trump administration's request for an administrative stay, allowing continued deployment against rioters terrorizing Los Angeles.

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The appeals court's swift action restored Trump's command over at least 4,000 California National Guard troops and several hundred Marines—exactly the federal resources needed to restore order in Newsom's increasingly lawless state... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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