Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streetstimeline_event

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2025-06-26 · 1 min read · Edit on Pyrite

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Brookings June 26, 2025, analysis warned Trump's deployment of 700 Marines and 4,000 federalized National Guard to LA violates Posse Comitatus Act. Trump invoked 10 USC §12406 (not Insurrection Act) claiming "inherent constitutional authority" to protect federal property. California alleged violations - Guard accompanied ICE on 75% of missions, formed security perimeters, detained civilians. Ninth Circuit accepted Trump's "unable with regular forces" claim despite no evidence ICE raids were thwarted.