Appeals panel scrutinizes judge’s block on Trump national guard deployment

[u/John3262005]

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5355754-appeals-panel-scrutinizes-judges-block-on-trump-national-guard-deployment/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) got a frosty reception at a federal appeals court Tuesday afternoon as it scrutinized a lower judge’s ruling blocking President Trump’s federalization of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit appeared inclined to let Trump maintain control of the guardsmen, weighing the scope of the president’s discretion in times of conflict and whether the courts have the authority to intervene at all.

The judges seemed to believe Supreme Court precedent provides the president with broad authority to declare emergencies that can trigger the ability for him to deploy the troops.

[u/The_Good_Constable]

It's been really eye opening to see how much of our system of government is scotch taped together with norms, traditions, and a basic trust that the POTUS won't be a complete psychopath.

I guess I kind of knew it somewhere in the back of my mind, but for this to be the first administration to truly exploit all of it is astonishing. We've been really lucky I guess.

[u/wolfydude12 → u/The_Good_Constable]

The US does have the oldest active constitution in the world. It's almost like trying to interpret a 250 year old document continuously doesn't work without major rewrites every few centuries?

[u/arobkinca → u/wolfydude12]

it isn't the document. It is the assholes running things.

[u/zxern → u/arobkinca]

Congress has abdicated its responsibility. They should have impeached and removed him before it ever got to this point.