“The district court has no authority to usurp the president’s authority as commander in chief,” Kelly said in an emailed statement to the Southern California News Group. “The president exercised his lawful authority to mobilize the National Guard to protect federal buildings and personnel in Gavin Newsom’s lawless Los Angeles.”

The Trump admin accused California's governor of a "crass political stunt" after he filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the deployment of U.S. Marines and the National Guard in LA.

Gavin Newsom is suing Donald Trump over the mobilization of the National Guard to quell immigration-related protests in Los Angeles.The complaint, filed Monday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta on behalf of the Governor against the President,

Stephen Breyer's brother Charles Breyer will preside over the lawsuit Newsom brought against the Trump administration in California.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta outlined their lawsuit against Donald Trump and his order to federalize the National Guard, now in Los Angeles to respond to protests of the administration’s ICE raids.

Newsom's 2028 presidential aspirations hang in the balance as the eyes of the nation are on California's clash with immigration authorities.

Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz said on Monday that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California’s lawsuit seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles would eventually fail.

Their clash over Trump’s deployment of military forces for anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is far from the first time the two leaders have butted heads.

It was dismissed on procedural grounds,” Newsom’s office said. “We disagree — as did a federal court in D.C. — and have already appealed.”

Newsom is widely viewed as a likely presidential candidate. The new video shows the Democrat fashioning himself as the leader of the Trump resistance.