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Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents

by colinprince on 6/8/25, 2:56 AM with 54 comments

• by srean on 6/8/25, 3:27 AM

  The national guards, protests and a summer. That does remind me

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

  Almost the same time of the year.

• by andrewinardeer on 6/8/25, 4:03 AM

  One function of the National Guard is to quell civil unrest at the behest of the POTUS.

  Is this the case here?

• by lawn on 6/8/25, 5:51 AM

  So it's for the next step in the Project 2025 plan: use the protests as an excuse to give the president even more power and take another step towards dictatorship.

• by hn_acker on 6/9/25, 5:52 PM

  The National Guard is managed by states, so states can use the National Guard to enforce state laws [1]. However, when the president calls on National Guard members, the members become part of the Army and Air Force [2]. Trump is violating the Posse Comitatus Act which prohibits anyone from using the Army or Air Force for law enforcement [3][4]. Exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act include authorization from Congress and the Insurrection Act (which Trump has not invoked yet) [3][4].

  [1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/poss...

  [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)

  [3] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385

  [4] https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-national-guard-in-l...

• by ty6853 on 6/8/25, 3:54 AM

  These national guard are sworn to protect against foreign and domestic enemies. ICE and CBP have continually conspired to violate the constitution of the united states, and the orders of the courts. Therefore the action the officers and guard must take is to arrest ICE and let the prosecutor charge them with depravation of rights under color of law.