Everything you wanted to know about the law that’s supposed to prevent presidents, like Trump, from deploying the military against civilians in places like LA.
Everything I know about the current crop of monarchy aficionados running the Supreme Court tells me that Newsom’s lawsuit will fail. Even if the lower courts support Newsom’s challenge (and that’s a big “if” given how untested all of this is), the Supreme Court will continue its trend of lifting lower-court injunctions restraining Trump. Then, the high court will delay its consideration of this complaint, Trump will eventually pull the troops back, and the court will declare the entire issue “moot,” without ever having to rule on its merits. No precedent will be set that could allow a future president to deploy National Guard troops and US Marines to force Georgia to let Black people vote, same as it ever was.
