Appeals court questions judges' ability to review Trump's Los Angeles troop deployment


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  • Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines stand watch as people protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies and federal immigration sweeps during a No Kings Day demonstration in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 14, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo

(Reuters) -Members of a federal appeals court questioned during a hearing on Tuesday what role courts should have in reviewing President Donald Trump's authority to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles amid protests and civil unrest.

The three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering the Trump administration's bid to extend a pause it issued last week on U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer's ruling that the president had called the National Guard into service unlawfully.

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