June 13, 2025

A federal judge late Thursday ruled that the federalization of parts of California’s National Guard by US President Donald Trump was “illegal,” and ordered Trump to return control of the Guard to state Gov. Gavin Newsom “forthwith,” CNBC reported.

But Judge Charles Breyer stayed his order from taking effect until 3 pm ET on Friday to allow the Trump administration to appeal his decision. The administration promptly did just that, asking the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals to block Breyer’s ruling from taking effect, according to the CNBC report.

US District Judge Charles Breyer said Trump overstepped his bounds in ordering the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles after protests erupted over the immigration crackdown, according to the AP report.

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