Well, howdy there, internet people, it's bell again. So today, we're going to talk about a judge

ruling that Trump's deployment in California was unlawful. Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Trump's

deployment of troops to L.A. was unlawful and ordered that the troops could not engage in patrols,

arrests, searches, crowd control, and so on. The order doesn't take effect until September 12th,

to give Trump time to file the almost certain appeal. The judge was very clear about believing

Trump's administration intentionally violated Pasi comitatus.

In his ruling, the judge wrote, quote,

This was intentional. Defendants instigated a month's long deployment of the National Guard

Marines to Los Angeles for the purpose of establishing a military presence there and enforcing federal law.

Such conduct is a serious violation of the Possecomatitis Act.

I mean, he didn't flat out say it, but use of the term instigated, sounds like he believes this was unnecessary and a

dangerous PR stunt. He also wrote, quote, the evidence at trial established that defendants

systematically used armed soldiers whose identity was often obscured by protective armor

and military vehicles to set up protective

perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military

presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, defendants violated the Posse Comitatis Act.

He went on.

Quote,

These actions demonstrate that defendants knew that they were ordering troops to execute domestic law beyond their usual authority.

Whether they believe that some constitutional or other exception applied does not matter.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

There will be an explainer below on some of the legal mechanisms here.

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