Professor Richard Epstein, Federal Power, National Guard Deployment, and University Funding Professor Richard Epstein discusses two cases involving the Trump administration's use of federal power. First, he analyzes Judge Charles Brier's ruling that Trum
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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Professor Richard Epstein discusses two cases involving the Trump administration's use of federal power. First, he analyzes Judge Charles Brier's ruling that Trump's deployment of National Guard troops for immigration enforcement in Southern California was partially illegal, citing the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. Epstein distinguishes between protecting federal interests and overstepping into local policing, as with traffic violations or raids far from Los Angeles. He criticizes the political polarization between Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom for hindering cooperation during emergencies. Second, Epstein addresses Judge Allison Burroughs' interim decision against Trump's freezing of Harvard's research funds over anti-Semitism allegations, warning of long-term damage to US medical research.
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| 0:30.2 | This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Batchel. I welcome Professor Richard Epstein, |
| 0:37.4 | teaches law at NYU in the University of Chicago. He's at the Civitas Institute in Austin, Texas, the University of Texas, commenting on |
| 0:40.2 | headline, ABC, Los Angeles. |
| 0:44.4 | Trump's use of National Guard during L.A. immigration protests is illegal judge rules. |
| 0:50.4 | This goes to an item from San Francisco. |
| 0:52.6 | President Donald Trump's administration violated federal law |
| 0:55.5 | in the use of National Guard troops during Southern California |
| 0:59.0 | immigration enforcement operations and accompanying protests. |
| 1:04.2 | Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco did not require the remaining troops to be withdrawn. |
| 1:11.3 | He set his order to go in effect Friday, in other words, in these hours. |
| 1:16.5 | Professor, a very good day to you. |
| 1:18.6 | I add one detail to this news report, which is that the state of California has now issued a document entitled, Trump's illegal National Guard deployment |
| 1:29.7 | in Los Angeles cost taxpayers $120 million. |
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