"Schwalb's suit argues that the forces were placed under Pentagon command and then deputized by the US Marshals Service to perform enforcement roles in violation of the foundational prohibition on military involvement in local law. It also alleges that the government is unlawfully asserting control over state militias, without formally bringing them into federal service, arguing that this amounts to a breach of the constitution and federal law."
"Washington DC on Thursday sued to stop Donald Trump's deployment of national guard troops during the administration's law enforcement intervention there. The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops were essentially an involuntary military occupation. He argued in the federal lawsuit that the deployment was an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. A federal judge in California recently ruled that Trump's deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles"
Brian Schwalb filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the deployment of roughly 2,300 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. amounted to an involuntary military occupation and an unlawful use of the military for domestic law enforcement. The suit contends the troops were placed under Pentagon command and deputized by the US Marshals Service to perform enforcement roles, and that the government asserted control over state militias without formally federalizing them, violating the Constitution and federal law. The filing warns the deployment exceeds presidential powers, breaches the Home Rule Act, risks eroding resident trust in police, stoking tensions, and harming the restaurant and hospitality economy.
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