"In his 52-page decision, Breyer ruled that defendants Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Department of Defense "willfully" violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a 1878 law that prohibits the use of the military to enforce domestic laws. The act now forbids the willful use of "any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus [power of the county] or otherwise to execute the laws.""
"Donald Trump appears fixated on "creating a national police force with the President as its chief," U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer wrote, holding that Trump's deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles to enforce the immigration laws was illegal. Trump has already sent troops to Washington, D.C., and has also set his sights on Oakland, San Francisco, Chicago, and Baltimore."
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer held that President Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles to enforce immigration laws was illegal. Breyer ruled that Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Department of Defense willfully violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars use of the military to execute domestic laws except where the Constitution or Congress expressly authorizes an exception. The court found troops executed the laws by setting protective perimeters, traffic blockades, crowd control, and demonstrating a military presence, with soldiers often obscured by protective armor. Trump has sent troops to Washington, D.C., sought deployments to other cities, and will appeal the ruling.
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