Nebraska joins brief in support of Trump's use of Guard troops, Marines in California

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story: http://archive.today/nfGfy

ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star 32 mins ago

LINCOLN — Nebraska has waded into the legal battle between California and President Donald Trump over his administration’s deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles to protect immigration enforcement agents amid intense protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The White House last week moved to take control of up to 4,000 California National Guard troops and mobilized 700 Marines in a rare use of military force on American soil that prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sue the Trump administration Monday, asking a judge to return control of the state’s troops to Newsom.

In a Wednesday legal filing in the federal case, Nebraska joined 18 other Republican-led states seeking to file a brief in support of Trump’s order, arguing the deployment was “responsible, constitutional and authorized” by law.

While California has accused Trump of having “repeatedly invoked emergency powers to exceed the bounds of lawful executive authority” in what the state’s attorney general called an “unprecedented power grab,” the Republican-led states pointed to the violent protests and legal precedent as they argued in their own court filing that Trump has the authority to deploy the Guard rather “than let Los Angeles burn.”

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[kwolf68]

1. Just insane

Meanwhile, California says stay the fuck out. States rights only for enslaving black people I guess.

[newdeal2]

2. Hypocrites

I just hope they get a taste of their own medicine some day.

[Pachamama]

3. WTF Nebraska

[Basso8vb]

4. Well if it isn't one of those shithole MAGA red states who just LOVE all of our tax dollar handouts.

Fuck Nebraska.

[stillcool]

5. well, there we have it

18 other states and the people in those states want a Dictatorship. Surely the Democratic Party is to blame for this. I'll have to wait for the usual suspects to explain that to me. Think I'll go back to bed.

[Irish_Dem]

6. The dictator hates the same people they hate. So they love a dictatorship.

[NCDem47]

7. It's all blue states vs. red states from here on out.

All.

The.

Damn.

Time.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. What total bullsh*t.

[lark]

9. STUFU Nebraska, you have no voice in this matter - assholes!!

[intheflow]

10. "Trump has the authority to deploy the Guard rather 'than let Los Angeles burn.'"

Yeah, LA wasn't burning when the guards were rolled out. Fuck Nebraska and fuck those other Republican states.