US court allows Trump to retain control of National Guard

USA: A US appeals court on Thursday ruled that US President Donald Trump can continue his control over National Guard troops in Los Angeles for now, despite objections from the state’s governor.

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge bench said that Trump’s “failure to issue the federalization order directly ‘through’ the Governor of California does not limit his otherwise lawful authority to call up the National Guard.”

Court says there was defensible rationale for deployment

The 38-page document said that while a president did not have unchecked power to take over a state’s guard, Trump’s administration had presented enough defensible rationale for doing so.

It added that the president was within his rights when he mobilized 4,000 members of the national guard into service for 60 days to protect “federal personnel performing federal functions” and to protect federal property.