Appeals Court Questions Judges’ Authority to Review Trump’s Deployment of Troops to LA

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued the administration over the deployment.

National Guard members stand guard outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. David Ryder/Reuters

Members of a federal appeals court on June 17 questioned what role courts should have in reviewing President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles.

The three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is considering the Trump administration’s bid to extend a pause it issued on June 12.