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President Donald Trump’s use of the military to thwart protests in California was deemed unlawful by a federal judge in the country.

Judge Charles Breyer, who is a member of the US District Court in Northern California, issued an injunction on Tuesday to stop the deployment, but it won’t go into effect until September 12 and no service members will be removed without notice.

Breyer claimed that Trump’s deployment to Southern California was “unprecedented.” He also questioned Trump’s justification for claiming that the protests were a “rebellion” that needed to be ended.

According to Breyer, “There were protests in Los Angeles, and some people acted violently.”

There was neither a rebellion nor a law enforcement presence in the area who could enforce the law.

The outcome of the lawsuit Newsom v. Trump, named for California Governor Gavin Newsom, whose administration filed the lawsuit in June, was announced.

Posse Comitatus Act violations

One of Trump’s most recognizable critics has come out, and Newsom has been suggested as a potential Democratic Party candidate for the 2028 presidential election.

According to him and the attorney general of California, Trump’s decision to send 700 US Marines and nearly 4, 000 National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in June was against the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids the use of the military for law enforcement purposes.

With the unprecedented and unlawful federalization of the California National Guard and the influx of military personnel into our communities, the Trump administration far overstepped its bounds, according to Bonta in a June article.

Judge Breyer largely concurred with that assertion in Tuesday’s 52-page decision, finding that Trump had actually overstepped his authority.

Breyer criticized the Trump administration, noting that “Defendants willfully violated the Posse Comitatus Act”.

The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from performing twelve functions, which defendants knowingly contravened their own training materials.

Breyer criticized the Trump administration’s “top-down” strategy as a “complete sidelining of state and local authorities,” adding that it was “complete sidelining of local and state authorities.”

For the first time since 1965, a president has federalized National Guard troops deployed to a state without the governor’s approval to quell unrest.

Under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, there was a previous time when troops were deployed to Selma, Alabama to protect civil rights protesters from violence.

Deportation protests are a compulsion.

In response to Trump’s strong-armed approach to immigration enforcement, which resulted in workplace raids occurring all over California, protests erupted in and around Los Angeles.

Trump has pledged to carry out the “largest deportation programme” in US history, but critics worry that his treatment of immigrants is inhumane and puts them in danger.

Trump issued a memo on June 7 to acclimatize the state’s National Guard, ostensibly to protect federal property as the protests grew in Los Angeles.

He defended his actions by contrasting the protests with a rebellion.

According to the memo, “to the extent that protests or violent acts directly impede the enforcement of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the United States’ government’s authority.”

However, Newsom and Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, quickly denounced the decision and claimed that the troops had exacerbated the protests rather than stopped them.

According to a statement released at the time, “the federal government is now using the military against American citizens.” Donald Trump acts like a tyrant, not a president, according to the statement. We request that these unlawful actions be immediately stopped.

At least 300 National Guard service members are still stationed in Southern California while Trump is in charge, according to Breyer, who noted that the federalization was supposed to last for 60 days.

Additionally, according to Breyer, Trump has threatened to send federal troops to other states, including Chicago, Illinois, a metropolis in the Midwest.

He cited Trump as saying to his cabinet in August that he had the authority to “do anything I want.” The United States has its own president. I have the ability to do it if I believe our nation is in danger and that these cities are in danger.

However, Breyer claimed that the US Constitution’s separation of powers does not apply to that perspective.

Breyer explained that the title “the president is the commander in chief” only becomes effective when the military is called into service, and that Congress, not the president, has the “bulk of the federal authority over the military.”

According to Breyer, “There is little support in the US’s founding era] for an inherent constitutional authority for the President to summon the militia or use the military in general to carry out the laws.”

The judge referred to as a “conflict of interest” the Trump administration’s claim that the executive branch should decide the Posse Comitatus Act’s limitations.

Trump wants to deploy to Chicago.

Judges have been repeatedly accused of bias against the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

The injunction against the troop deployment in California is only allowed by Breyer’s ruling, which runs until noon local time (19:00 GMT) on September 12.

The Trump administration can expect to appeal after this pause. Otherwise, the injunction would prevent the soldiers from engaging in crowd control, crowd control, and other forms of law enforcement that are normally prohibited by the Posse Comitatus Act.

Trump’s ambitious claims to presidential authority are hampered by Tuesday’s ruling, but the president has vowed to send troops there on a similar mission.

He declared on social media on Tuesday morning, “Chicago is by far the worst and most dangerous city in the world.” “I’ll solve the crime issue right away, just like I did in DC,” he said. Chicago will once more be in good health soon. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”

Trump had already ordered the National Guard to patrol Washington, D.C. streets in August on the grounds that it was experiencing a “crime emergency.”

Due to the US government’s greater authority over the capital district, federal law, however, largely allows this deployment to occur in Washington, D.C.

However, according to critics, a deployment to Chicago would likely raise many of the same constitutional issues as Southern California did.

Trump’s military exercises to combat crime have primarily targeted Democratic-led cities so far. Trump is a Republican in his own right.

Governor Newsom applauded Tuesday’s decision as a response to the president’s overreach, which has been repeated on social media in recent weeks.

11 protesters were detained on Monday during a demonstration, and a student group in Gorontalo, Indonesia, is requesting their release. In response to the government’s ongoing indignation over the cost of living, benefits to lawmakers, and police brutality, large-scale protests have been occurring all over the country.

As his trial for orchestrating a conspiracy to stay in power draws to a close today, Jair Bolsonaro’s future rests in the balance. During the trial, the nation is anticipating unrest.

The panel of the Supreme Court, which will decide whether the populist former leader is guilty of attempting to overturn the 2022 presidential election result, which he lost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has scheduled sessions from September 2 through September 12.

Bolsonaro, age 70, was accused of five counts of trying to orchestrate a coup d’etat. He repeatedly claims that his trial was motivated by political reasons, and he insists there is no wrongdoing and is currently under house arrest.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, made a similar point by imposing a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports and citing Bolsonaro’s trial as a “witch hunt” against a political opponent.

What is anticipated for Tuesday?

The case involving Bolsonaro and seven of his allies is being heard by a Supreme Court five-justice panel.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who Bolsonaro and his supporters claim he orchestrated the trial against the former president, is scheduled to give a detailed summary of the case on Tuesday. Cristiano Zanin, a former attorney for President Lula, and Flavio Dino, the former justice minister of the leftist president, are also members of the judges’ panel. Two members of the panel were chosen by Bolsonaro as president.

The prosecutor general is expected to read out the charges against Bolsonaro after Moraes speaks. Following that, Bolsonaro’s and the other defendants’ attorneys are scheduled to make statements.

Bolsonaro could be found guilty on Tuesday if the justices decide to go directly to court after the closing arguments on Tuesday and a majority prevails.

Supreme Court trials are frequently delayed by suspended proceedings, sometimes for months, in practice, though. In order to “strengthen the case,” Bolsonaro’s attorneys are frequently expected to raise procedural questions, file motions, and highlight “new evidence”

What crimes is Bolsonaro accused of?

Bolsonaro is accused of five crimes, including attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and two counts of destroying state property.

A coup plot conviction alone carries a maximum sentence of 12 years.

Seven other close ally of Bolsonaro, including his running mate and former defense minister Paulo Sergio Nogueira and his running mate Walter Braga Netto, are facing charges.

The prosecution has argued that Bolsonaro’s camp attempted to compel military action and remove the new president by staging a riot on January 8, 2023 when Bolsonaro supporters demolished top government buildings a week after Lula took office.

Bolsonaro’s supporters are also accused of planning to kill Lula before swearing-in by the prosecution. According to investigators, the evidence indicates that the former president endorsed the plan.

Bolsonaro has already been prohibited from running in elections in Brazil until 2030 because of allegations of abuse of power and concerns about Brazil’s electronic voting system.

Bolsonaro acknowledged at a deposition that he participated in meetings looking for ways to change the 2022 election results despite denouncing any attempt to overthrow Brazil’s democracy.

Bolsonaro has also indicated that he intends to run for president in 2026.

Bolsonaro will attend the trial, right?

Bolsonaro is house-assisted in a high-security neighborhood in Brasilia, the capital. The former president’s attorney said it was uncertain if he would attend the sessions this week.

After discovering a document suggesting he might have sought political asylum in Argentina, his lawyers allege that he is being watched closely and is being kept under full surveillance.

Bolsonaro has been prohibited from contacting foreign officials, using social media, or approaching national embassies since July.

What would transpire if Bolsonaro were found guilty?

Lawyers for Bolsonaro are predicting a shorter prison term because Brazil’s maximum prison sentence is 40 years, which is the maximum combined sentence for the crimes Bolsonaro is accused of committing.

What makes this trial significant?

Bolsonaro’s trial, according to some Brazilian commentators, is “historic,” claiming that this is the first time high-ranking officials accused of an attempted coup are facing criminal charges.

Up until 1985, armed forces supported by conservative elites overthrew Joao Goulart, the elected president, and a military dictatorship ruled for more than 20 years. Bolsonaro has rekindled his support for Brazil’s military rule in spite of human rights violations.

The Amnesty Law was passed by the government in 1979, and as a result, Brazil never prosecuted any of the military personnel responsible for the country’s widespread rights violations.

The charges against Bolsonaro and his supporters amount to political persecution, intended to thwart his political resumption in the upcoming presidential election.

Trump: Is he a trial participant?

President Trump slapped Brazil with a 50% US tariff on August 1, citing the allegations that Bolsonaro, who Trump had allyd with, had political backing.

Trump criticized Brazil’s handling of Bolsonaro in a letter from July to Brazil’s current president Lula.

He claimed that Brazil’s covert attacks on free elections and the country’s fundamental free speech rights were contributing factors to his justification for the sky-high tariff.

The US president urged Americans to “please understand that the 50% figure is much less than what is required to achieve the Level Playing Field we require with your Country.”

He continued, “The way Brazil treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World, including by the United States, is a world disgrace.”

While Trump’s global trade war primarily targeted nations with large surpluses with the US, Brazilian imports from the US far outweigh their exports, and Washington had a $ 28.6 billion trade surplus with Brazil in 2024.

Lula, Brazil’s president, has stated that his country won’t immediately impose tariffs on the US. He instead reiterated his request for Trump to discuss trade issues with him.

Trump was facing criminal charges related to his campaign to overturn the election, which he also falsely claimed he had defeated Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election.

Before Biden took office, his supporters also stormed the US Capitol in an effort to stop the election results from being certified. According to some experts, the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, was the inspiration for Bolsonaro’s riot in Brazil in 2023.

I’m writing from Paris, a city that’s been encrusted with blue and yellow. Ukrainian flags hang like moral deeds pinned to French facades all around me.

As a survivor of the genocide in Gaza, I just recently arrived in this city, leaving behind my nation. As a student at a French university, I had the honor of being expelled by the French government.

The curated grief, sanctioned empathy, and decorated silence that defined Paris, this so-called “city of liberty,” were what struck me first.

France is deeply depressed with Ukraine. On the other hand, Gaza must be whispered. Here, there is no visible Palestinian flag. It is feared, secret, and criminalized. If you’re lucky, you’ll discover it hastily sprayed like a secret, a shy declaration of solidarity.

Should I be surprised?

France, after all, was only rebranded as a colonial empire after it had abandoned itself. France’s hands are splattered with the blood of those who dared to resist it, from Algeria to Vietnam to Syria.

It wasn’t out of ignorance that France supported the Zionist movement in the 20th century, when it trained Israeli officers, and when it militarized a colonial-state on stolen land. Another colonial project came out of white solidarity.

Within a few hours, France condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It established new borders. On TV, it cried. Concerts were canceled and sanctions were put in place. Why? due to the whiteness of Ukraine.

France resents Israel, which bombs hospitals, starves children, cuts water, drops banned weapons, and grinds families to bone dust in Gaza, when it flattens entire neighbourhoods. It is contradictory. Hamas is to blame. It demands “context.” It gives Israel even more weapons.

Not a “conflict,” what is happening in Gaza. It is not “complicated” at all. It is a genocide.

Since October 7, 2023, more than 63, 000 Palestinians have died, according to official statistics, and according to scientific estimates, this number is in the hundreds of thousands. Women and children make up the remaining 80%.

More than 80% of the population can only eat one meal per day, frequently cooked grass or leaves, while the rest is barely surviving. Difficulty a day for the lives of those attempting to get aid. In a few months, 340 children and adults have already perished from starvation.

Every hospital in the north has been destroyed. Without anesthesia, children are having their legs amputated. Chronic disease sufferers are dying in large numbers because of a lack of medication and medical care.

The aid trucks are obstructed. Desalination plants use explosives. More than two million people have been displaced. There is still silence, though.

According to former Israeli officials, international human rights organizations, thousands of lawyers and other scholars, and even former UN officials, this conflict has violated every rule of international law.

Yet, we are instructed to lower our voices in France. According to what we are told, yelling “Free Palestine” might be anti-Semitic. People who proudly wave Ukrainian flags say our grief must be “balanced.” They protest Israeli colonialism while defending Russian imperialism. This is not neutrality, either. White supremacy is at play here.

Their moral exception has been found in Gaza. their perception. Their unneeded companion. Every newsroom avoids the news.

The truth is that Palestine lacks nuclear weapons, no ships, no jets, and no military. We currently have opposition. Hassan is not a military unit. It is the result of decades of apartheid, occupation, and abandonment. And while European leaders retaliate against Hamas whenever they see fit, they reject the occupation that led to its creation. They deny us the right to resist while glorifying the Ukrainian resistance, giving it weapons and praise.

Molotov cocktails are considered “heroism” in Ukraine. Stones are used as “terrorism” in Gaza. That is deceitful. White empathy is based on that formula.

Not a battle between two armies, as is happening in Gaza. One of the world’s most advanced armies completely wiped out an occupied population. It is a genocide supported by Western weapons, silenced by Westerners, and embellished by humanist lies.

France wants to pretend that it committed historical crimes against people who had ended formal colonialism. How do you explain the weapons, though? the immunity from diplomatic action? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to comply with the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court? the Paris protests that are pro-Palestinian being banned? Muslim students being watched?

I flew out of Gaza during a UN-arranged evacuation that included a number that was chosen from thousands of people. I was prohibited from carrying anything. No laptops are available. No publications. No recollections. just my phone and my backpack.

Soldiers looked at me as though I were a different person as I passed through Israeli checkpoints. It seemed like four decades after four hours in the desert. And now I’m standing in front of my city, admiring its streets, while my people are dying for daring to seek freedom.

Tell me that this isn’t just politics, please. It is discrimination. It is deceitful. From balconies with Ukrainian flags hung over the genocide of my people.

I dislike being pity. I want accountability. I want justice. Not as a competition, but as a truth, I want to see Palestinian flags hang next to Ukraine’s flags. Solidarity is not solidarity because it depends on skin color, borders, or geopolitical interests. It is supremacy.

In response to the unusual US naval buildup in the Caribbean, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of planning a military takeover and appealed to thousands of citizens to “defended the nation.” What we are aware of is this.