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The state’s attorney general argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary.
June 9, 2025Updated 8:13 p.m. ET
The State of California on Monday filed suit against the Trump administration over its move to take control of the state’s National Guard and deploy its troops to Los Angeles to protect immigration enforcement agents.
Gov. Gavin Newsom had foreshadowed the filing in a social media post earlier on Monday. Before the complaint was filed, the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, said in a news conference on Monday that the lawsuit would ask a court to hold unlawful and set aside Mr. Trump’s order.
“We don’t take lightly to the president abusing his authority and unlawfully mobilizing California National Guard troops,” Mr. Bonta said.
The lawsuit argues that Mr. Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard was illegal because he bypassed Mr. Newsom, Mr. Bonta said, and because it violated the Tenth Amendment, which protects state rights.
He argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary. Mr. Bonta also said that the situation had been calming before Mr. Trump’s move incited new unrest.
