"A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump's deployment of more than 2,000 National Guard troops to police Washington, DC, is illegal and must come to an end. Over objections from city officials, Trump ordered the troops to flood the nation's capital in August to deter what he claimed was an unstoppable crime wave, even though crime was falling precipitously and was at a 30-year low."
"She wrote that the court "rejects defendants' fly-by assertion of constitutional power, finding that such a broad reading of the president's Article II authority would erase Congress' role in governing the district and its National Guard. Related Story Critics call the order an escalation of Trump's militarization of cities across the country. Cobb also said that the Pentagon lacked statutory authority to deploy more than 1,000 out-of-state National Guard members to DC."
A federal judge found President Donald Trump's August deployment of more than 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, DC illegal and ordered it ended. Trump ordered the deployment over objections from city officials, citing an alleged crime wave despite crime falling to a 30-year low. Judge Jia Cobb wrote the administration exceeded its authority by using the Guard for nonmilitary, crime-deterrence missions without a request from the city's civil authorities. The judge emphasized that presidential Article II powers are limited by Congress, especially in DC, and held the Pentagon lacked statutory authority to send over 1,000 out-of-state guards.
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