Judge Jia Cobb Rules Trump Troop Deployment to DC Illegal

"Cobb wrote: First, the DOD Defendants have exceeded the bounds of their authority under Title 49 of the D.C. Code, and thus acted contrary to law, in deploying the DCNG for non-military, crime-deterrence missions in the absence of a request from the city's civil authorities, the opinion reads. Second, these Defendants lack statutory authority under 32 U.S.C. 502 to support their request for assistance from out-of-state National Guards and their actions in calling those Guards to the District."

"U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. was illegal. The federal judge for the District of Columbia, stayed the effect of her order until December 11 while the matter is appealed. Politico's Kyle Cheney was among the first to report on the bombshell ruling. The judge concluded the federal government overstepped its legal authority."

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the Pentagon's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. was illegal. The judge stayed the order's effect until December 11 during the appeal. Cobb found the Department of Defense exceeded authority under Title 49 by deploying the D.C. National Guard for non-military, crime-deterrence missions absent a request from the city's civil authorities. She found the defendants lacked statutory authority under 32 U.S.C. 502 to request and call out out-of-state National Guard units to the District. The Court concluded the District's sovereign powers were irreparably harmed and that the balance of equities and public interest favored the District.

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