Appeals Court Temporarily Lifts Restrictions on Trump’s LA National Guard Deployment

A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily lifted restrictions placed on President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, reversing a lower court order. In a brief order totaling less than 100 words and consisting of a single paragraph, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from the administration to block a Sept. 2 decision by San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer. In a court order on Tuesday, Breyer accused the administration of violating the Posse Comitatus Act, a law that restricts the president’s authority to use the military for domestic law enforcement purposes....