National Guard troops allowed to stay in L.A. as Newsom-Trump battle could head to Supreme Court

LOS ANGELES (KFSN) -- There is ineligible limbo arsenic President Trump keeps National Guard troops successful Los Angeles stretching into the weekend.

One tribunal ruled Thursday against the president, and different ruled for him conscionable hours later.

"You're talking a momentous decision," James Ardaiz, the erstwhile presiding justness of California's 5th District Court of Appeals successful Fresno, said.

He explained the courts are dealing with a cardinal issue: Should they measurement successful oregon permission it to the commander-in-chief to nonstop the troops?

"That enactment is the cardinal contented of (the) separation of power," Ardaiz said. "I cannot transverse that line; I request to restrain myself."

Justice Charles Breyer seemed to acceptable the enactment connected Thursday, uncovering the president's usage of the National Guard "unlawful."

The politician celebrated it connected Thursday night.

"Today was truly astir a trial of Democracy, and today, we passed the test," Governor Gavin Newsom said. "We, the people, passed the test."

But conscionable hours later, successful a striking turn, a three-judge sheet -- 2 of them Trump appointees -- stepped successful and paused the little court's ruling.

"It fundamentally says, 'stop, we're not going to enforce this,'" Ardaiz said.

With the National Guard troops present allowed to stay, Action News asked the governor's bureau for a response.

They referred america to his property gaggle earlier the appellate tribunal ruling came down.

"I'm assured successful the regularisation of law," Newsom said. "I'm assured successful the Constitution of the United States. I'm assured successful the contented and judgement of a precise well-respected national judge. And I'm confident, connected the ground of the reappraisal of the 36 pages, perfectly it volition stand."

The Trump-Newsom back-and-forth volition present proceed adjacent week. Ardaiz believes the lawsuit -- and the cardinal ineligible question astir the president's powerfulness -- volition escalate.

"This lawsuit is of specified tremendous import that I tin spot the Supreme Court saying, 'This is the lawsuit wherever we privation to specify statesmanlike authority,'" helium said.

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