A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump acted unlawfully in sending the National Guard into California to counter violent Los Angeles protests.

In a decision published early Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, said Trump and his administration violated an 1878 law that limits military involvement in domestic law enforcement.

In June, Trump deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles to support federal authorities as they carried out immigration raids. That move was a response to a series of violent........

© The Daily Signal