California Governor Gavin Newsom claims 'Trump is not a king' after crucial National Guard control case

Governor Gavin Newsom said successful an authoritative connection that helium is disappointed successful the Ninth Circuit Court’s determination to let President Trump to clasp power of the California National Guard, but is touting 1 facet of the tribunal ruling arsenic a victory. 

Writing connected X aboriginal Friday morning, the Democratic politician proclaimed that Trump is "not a king and not supra the law." 

"The tribunal rightly rejected Trump’s assertion that helium tin bash immoderate helium wants with the National Guard and not person to explicate himself to a court. The President is not a king and is not supra the law. We volition property guardant with our situation to President Trump’s authoritarian usage of U.S. subject soldiers against citizens," helium went connected to accidental successful a press statement later.

Newsom and Trump look off (Pool)

JUDGE MULLS TRUMP'S AUTHORITY OVER NATIONAL GUARD, WARNS US IS NOT 'KING GEORGE' MONARCHY

The tribunal rejected Trump’s claims that helium tin federalize the California National Guard astatine volition and inactive debar judicial scrutiny, the politician noted. 

"The Ninth Circuit rejected Trump’s sweeping assertion that helium tin federalize the National Guard for immoderate crushed and debar judicial scrutiny, adjacent arsenic it stayed an exigency territory tribunal order. This is simply a captious cheque connected statesmanlike overreach and confirmation that the President is not supra the law," Newsom’s property bureau stated.

Newsom’s bureau said that some Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta stay committed to holding the president accountable for utilizing the subject arsenic home instrumentality enforcement – actions, they argued, were successful usurpation of national law.

Although Newsom says the ruling is simply a win, determination is inactive an ongoing struggle arsenic the unanimous ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals connected Thursday allowed President Trump to support power of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles earlier this period to quell riots during demonstrations against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  

U.S. National Guard members are deployed astir downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, pursuing an migration raid protestation the nighttime before.  (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AGAINST NEWSOM IN BATTLE FOR NATIONAL GUARD CONTROL

Trump’s determination to deploy the National Guard was the archetypal by a president of a authorities National Guard without the governor’s support since 1965.

L-R: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. President Donald Trump.  (Getty Images)

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In the filing, the tribunal stated that they believed the president had made a lawful decision.

Even though the president failed to notify the politician earlier deploying the National Guard arsenic required by law, the tribunal cited that Newsom had nary powerfulness to veto the president’s order.