{"id":176453,"date":"2025-11-21T09:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=176453"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:53:47","slug":"federal-judge-orders-the-end-of-national-guard-deployment-to-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=176453","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge orders the end of National Guard deployment to Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jia Cobb, a federal district judge, argued that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C. intruded on local law enforcement’s duties of addressing law enforcement issues for the city. Cobb argued that this “takeover” was illegal. The judge put this order on hold for 21 days pending an appeal from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

From AP News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however.<\/p>\n

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to challenge the Guard deployments. He asked the judge to bar the White House from deploying Guard troops without the mayor’s consent while the lawsuit plays out.<\/p>\n

Dozens of states took sides in Schwalb’s lawsuit, with their support falling along party lines.<\/p>\n

Cobb found that while the president does have authority to protect federal functioning and property, he can’t unilaterally deploy the D.C. National Guard to help with crime control as he sees fit or call in troops from other states.<\/p>\n

After her ruling, Schwalb called for troops to be sent home. “Normalizing the use of military troops for domestic law enforcement sets a dangerous precedent, where the President can disregard states’ independence and deploy troops wherever and whenever he wants — with no check on his military power,” Schwalb said.<\/p>\n

The White House, though, stood by the deployment.<\/p>\n

“President Trump is well within his lawful authority to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C., to protect federal assets and assist law enforcement with specific tasks,” said spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. “This lawsuit is nothing more than another attempt — at the detriment of DC residents — to undermine the President’s highly successful operations to stop violent crime in DC.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fields, G., & Whitehurst, L. (2025, November 20). Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC. AP News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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