California to file lawsuit over Trump’s ‘unlawful’ deployment of national guard

Lawsuit claims administration ‘trampled’ on states sovereignty by bypassing Governor Gavin NewsomLA protests – live updatesCalifornia plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the US president of “unlawfully” federalizing the state’s national guard to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.Previewing the lawsuit, the attorney general, Rob Bonta, claimed the extraordinary deployment of troops had “trampled” the state’s sovereignty, overriding objections by the governor Gavin Newsom and “against the wishes of law enforcement on the ground”. Bonta said the lawsuit will ask the court to declare Trump’s mobilization of the guard unlawful and will seek a restraining order to halt the use of its troops to manage the protests. Continue reading...

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