Posted on 12/17/2025 11:05:39 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital can continue for now, staying a lower-court ruling that had ordered an end to the troops’ presence.
The three-judge panel for U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Donald Trump may prevail in his argument that the president “possesses a unique power” to mobilize the Guard in Washington, which is a federal district.
The ruling stops the implementation of U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb’s Nov. 20 opinion and order, and reaffirms that residents and visitors to Washington will routinely see Guard members well into 2026.
Cobb had ruled that the deployment illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the District of Columbia.
Wednesday’s unanimous 32-page ruling went on to say that other factors also favored the Republican administration, including the “disruption to the lives of thousands of service members,” as well as what it said was the president’s interest “in the protection of federal governmental functions and property within the Nation’s capital.”
The judges found that the district “has not identified any ongoing injury to its statutory interests.”
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Thank you, your honors.
District of Columbia won’t do it’s job of protecting it’s citizens somebody has to the Trump train has arrived thankfully.
Over 40 of these Clinton and JoeBama judge rulings have been slapped down now
This is the crap the DOJ has had spend time and resources on
double middle finger salute
"Local officials" have NO authority to direct anything, if the Constitution is still in effect.
What is that “for now” crud? Makes no sense at all.
Who knew the military had Judge Generals in charge of troop deployments? /s
YYYYYYYeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!!
The ruling stops the implementation of U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb’s Nov. 20 opinion.
There must be some way to rid this nation of inept jurors!
Before Patricia Millett [Obama stooge], Gregory Katsas [Trump judge], and Neomi Rao [Trump judge], Circuit Judges
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