Explosive Court Ruling in Trump Case Has Major Implications for the Rule of Law

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As a result of a new ruling by a California appeals court, the people's First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly suffered a setback. The rule of law suffered a setback. Justice suffered a setback.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals left a stay in place, blocking the trial court's order that Trump must turn control of the California National Guard back to Governor Gavin Newsom.

Fortunately, the ruling is a temporary/interim ruling and the case is far from over.

Glenn discusses some of the unfortunate aspects of this ruling, including how Trump gets to create chaos and confusion in California and then uses that chaos as a pretext to order the military into the streets of California. No court should endorse such a transparent ruse and abuse of power.

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner.
0:15.0	A California appeals court has blocked a ruling that requires Donald Trump to return the California National Guard to the governor.
0:23.5	Glenn discusses this next on Justice Matters.
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1:03.8	Hey all, Glenn Kirchner here. So friends, no two ways about it. We've had a setback.
1:11.2	A setback for honest governing, a setback for our First Amendment rights of speech and
1:18.9	assembly, a setback for the rule of law and for justice in a new appeals court case out in California.
1:29.3	Let's start with the new reporting.
1:31.6	This from Politico.
1:34.2	Headline, appeals court blocks Newsom's bid
1:38.3	to reclaim control of National Guard from Trump.
1:48.1	And that article begins. A federal appeals court has indefinitely blocked an effort by California's governor Gavin Newsom to reclaim control of the National
1:55.7	Guard troops President Donald Trump deployed to Los Angeles following unrest related to immigration enforcement.
2:04.7	A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously
2:11.0	that Trump appeared to have acted within his authority when he took control of 4,000 California National Guard troops
2:20.5	under a law that has never been invoked without the consent of a state governor.
2:27.1	Despite a debate over the level of violence accompanying the protests, the judges, two appointed by Trump and one appointed by President Joe Biden,
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