Below is my column in Fox.com on the deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles. Another round of court challenges are unfolding, but the escalation is likely to continue on both sides. While the Guard’s motto is “Always Ready, Always There!,” California Democrats do not want them between rioters and federal law enforcement.
Here is the column:
Gov. Gavin Newsom was in his element this week. After scenes of burning cars and attacks on ICE personnel, Newsom declared that this was all “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.” No, he was not speaking of the attacks on law enforcement or property. He was referring to President Donald Trump’s call to deploy the National Guard to protect federal officers.
Newsom is planning to challenge the deployment as cities like Glendale are cancelling contracts to house detainees and reaffirming that local police will not assist the federal government.
Trump has the authority under Section 12406 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code to deploy the National Guard if the president is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The Administration is saying that that is precisely what is unfolding in California, where mobs attack vehicles and trap federal personnel.
Most critics are challenging the deployment on policy grounds, arguing that it is an unnecessary escalation. However, even critics like Berkeley Law Dean Erwin have admitted that “Unfortunately, President Trump likely has the legal authority to do this.”
There is a fair debate over whether this is needed at this time, but the President is allowed to reach a different conclusion. Trump wants the violence to end now as opposed to escalating as it did in the Rodney King riots or the later riots after the George Floyd killings, causing billions in property damage and many deaths.
Courts will be asked to halt the order because it did not technically go through Newsom to formally call out the National Guard.
Section 12406 grants Trump the authority to call out the Guard and employs a mandatory term for governors, who “shall” issue the President’s order. In the memo, Trump also instructed federal officials “to coordinate with the Governors of the States and the National Guard Bureau.”
Newsom is clearly refusing to issue the orders or coordinate the deployment.
Even if such challenges are successful, Trump can clearly flood the zone with federal authority. Indeed, the obstruction could escalate the matter further, prompting Trump to consider using the Insurrection Act, which would allow troops to participate directly in civilian law enforcement.
In 1958, President Eisenhower used the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Arkansas to enforce the Supreme Court’s orders ending racial segregation in schools.
The Trump Administration has already claimed that these riots “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.” In support of such a claim, the Administration could cite many of the Democratic leaders now denouncing the claim.
After January 6th, liberal politicians and professors insisted that the riot was an “insurrection” and, in claiming that Trump and dozens of Republicans could be removed from ballots under the 14th Amendment.
Liberal professors insisted that Trump’s use of the word “fight”and questioning the results of an election did qualify as an insurrection. They argued that you merely need to show “an assemblage of people” who are “resisting law” and “using force or intimidation” for “a public purpose.” The involvement of inciteful language from politicians only reinforced these claims. Sound familiar?
Democrats are using this order to deflect from their own escalation of the tensions for months. From Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz calling ICE officers “Gestapo” to others calling them “fascists” and “Nazis,” Democratic leaders have been ignoring objections that they are fueling the violent and criminal responses. It did not matter. It was viewed as good politics.
While Newsom and figures like Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) have called these “peaceful” protests, rocks, and Molotov cocktails have been thrown at police as vehicles were torched. Police had to use tear gas, “flash bang” grenades, and rubber bullets to quell these “peaceful” protesters.
There appears little interest in deescalation on either side. For the Trump Administration, images of rioters riding in celebration around burning cars with Mexican flags are only likely to reinforce the support of the majority of Americans for the enforcement of immigration laws.
For Democrats, they have gone “all in” on opposing ICE and these enforcement operations despite support from roughly 30 percent of the public.
Some democrats are now playing directly to the mob. A Los Angeles City Council member, Eunisses Hernandez, reportedly urged anti-law enforcement protesters to “escalate” their tactics against ICE officers: “They know how quickly we mobilize, that’s why they’re changing tactics. Because community defense works and our resistance has slowed them down before… and if they’re escalating their tactics then so are we. When they show up, we gotta show up even stronger.”
So, L.A. officials are maintaining the sanctuary status of the city, barring the cooperation of local police, and calling on citizens to escalate their resistance after a weekend of violent attacks. Others have posted the locations of ICE facilities to allow better tracking of operations while cities like Glendale are closing facilities.
In Washington, Jeffries has pledged to unmask the identities of individual ICE officers who have been covering their faces to protect themselves and their families from growing threats.
While Democrats have not succeeded in making a convincing political case for opposing immigration enforcement, they may be making a stronger case for federal deployment in increasingly hostile blue cities.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Jonathan: If it wasn’t clear before it is now. Steven Miller and DJT have laid down the law. They are not just after the “criminals”. They are going after every immigrant, regardless of status. The ICE raids in LA over the weekend are targeting workers at Home Depot and at other workplaces in the city. This is what fascism looks like. And it is what the DJT regime wanted all along. It expected the Hispanic community, the largest in the country, to react to the ICE raids with protests. Now Pete Hegseth has escalated by deploying hundreds of US military to LA. This is historic, the first time US military have been used since 1963.
So is any of this legal? To federalize a state’s National Guard the president must get the consent of the governor of the state. DJT didn’t do that. DJT simply invoked USC 10, Section 12406. But that Section only applies when there is “danger of invasion by a foreign nation” or “danger of rebellion”, neither of which exists in LA. That’s why the AG of California has just filled a lawsuit against the DJT regime.
California is not a one-off for the DJT regime. DJT wants to send US troops in to every American city to enforce the expulsion of immigrants–the use of martial law to suppress dissent. It’s what happens in every dictatorship!
MORE LIES DAILY FROM DENNIS(DIMMIS). NEWSOM and BASS refused to let the L.a. PD do their job! Told the PD to stand down.
*. Dennis, it’s all AMAZINGLY simple. There are immigration laws. Find out what they are and follow them. The Biden circus did not. Because the law was not followed the tragic LA riots are revving up.
It’s that simple. 1. Passport 2. Visa
Voila!
Dennis, illegal immigration, use of taxpayer dollars to gift the system, proudly waving Mexican flags, IS NOT merely “dissent”—it’s invasion, and should be dealt with as such. Cleaning up the Biden-Mayorkas deliberately-created hot mess is not dictatorship; it’s called the rule of law.
And what makes you think that workers at Home Depot can’t camouflage other activity with a veneer or respectful employment? Are you that naive? Take a closer look at the types of people out there blocking the highways and bridges—all very young, mostly males, and DISrespectful of this country and its taxpayers’ public services and resources.
Yeah. Like Lincoln’s.
“. . . must get the consent of the governor of the state.”
That is false.
“But that Section only applies when . . .”
Nice lie by omission — a favorite Leftist tactic of deception.
There are additional conditions that allow a president to deploy the NG (without consent of a governor).
You lie dennis
every immigrant,
Nope every (ILLEGAL)
Try again
Denny, Denny, Denny, always only telling half the truth, if that. They never said it would be ONLY criminals. They would prioritize criminals first, and if any other illegal got in the way, and they had valid orders for deportation/RoE, ICE, FBI, DOJ would act on it. Now we have a mass of illegals comitting more crimes. Doesn’t that make them criminals?
-Rabble!
Hegseth thinks the Marines are coming from Camp Pendleton, when they are actually coming the 29 Palms base out in the desert.
The drunken dimwit Sec of Defense doesn’t seem to know that Pendleton is primarily a training base.
YOU already posted that ANON. Did you forget or are you braindead??
I forgot.
It is hard to remember things when you have only 1 brain cell like me.
Thankfully people like you with 2 brain cells are much smarter and able to point out when we libtards forget things.
I live in California, which has been a Democrat supermajority for many years. California illustrates the result of total Democrat control.
For long years, California has invited illegal aliens, with benefits programs tailor made for them. The Democrat party claimed that it did not support open borders, yet it opposed the deportation of anyone, including those with deportation orders from the court, and even an MS-13 gang associate who was a human trafficker who beat his wife.
CA is a sanctuary state, and its police and jails are not allowed to cooperate with ICE detainers for convicted criminals. This has attracted criminal aliens who would be deported elsewhere.
Newsom added illegal aliens to Medical, which immediately ran out of money and requires billions more to operate for one year. Medical is needed to care for the poor among California citizens and legal residents. This illustrates that the sheer quantity of illegal immigrants is an existential crisis, not just this who commit violent crimes. There are just too many.
ICE came to detain illegal immigrants, and were doxxed last week in California. ICE employees experienced death threats on their children.
When protesters rioted, there was no conceivable reason why President Trump would assume Gov Newsom would quell the riot. He and LA mayor Karen Bass have actively urged on rioters, and called deportations fascist. They are fuel, not fire retardants.
Protesters have broken up concrete planters, and chucked hunks of concrete and brick down overpasses on passing cars, especially cop cars, and at vehicles driving by. They have looted stores. Set fires, even though Pacific Palisades and Eaton are 2 cities in LA county that just burned. Worse, they set brush fires in the parts of Pacific Palisades that still has fuel to burn. They injured 6 police officers last night. My husband and I stayed up last night watching the riots. Some businesses have already closed due to the rampant shoplifting, from California’s pro-crime policies. Now the remaining have been looted again.
The message is clear. Open the borders and let everyone in, or your cities will burn. Does this make more people support illegal immigration?
Where I differ from many, is that I think one concession should be made. Democrats told the world federal immigration law didn’t matter. Skip the immigration process and just come on over. They created sanctuary cities to welcome them. Special benefits. Now, it’s clear that federal law actually does apply, and over 10 million people are told to leave. It is my understanding that the law states that those who get deported are banned from legally immigrating. I think Congress should pass a bill that gives a grace period until a determined date, that if you get deported, you can still apply to legally immigrate. I don’t blame illegal immigrants who were invited here. I do not believe in offering amnesty while here in the US, because it’s just an incentive to keep coming illegally. They should be made to leave, and apply to immigrate legally, as they should have done in the first place. Then they would arrive, properly vetted and health checked, at a rate the infrastructure can support.
I was wondering when you would put in your usual MAGAverse nonsense. There wasn’t a “riot”–there were a few incidents of violence in an otherwise peaceful protest triggered by Trump’s illegal raid at a Home Depot where people were arrested without any warrants. These people were there hoping to pick up a few bucks to feed their families by helping load goods or getting a day job helping out at construction sites. Because the Trump administration has proven its incompetence in meeting its deportation goals, ICE agents are being pressured to do something, anything, to get numbers up. According to “MSN”: “Lawyers in these recent cases describe how their clients were arrested during routine check-ins with ICE officials, given no opportunity to speak with an attorney or any family members and deported from the country within three days or less.” ICE also ripped a 4 year old child from the arms of her Cuban-born mother. The child was in America to receive life-saving cancer treatment. People are sick of this BS–Trump claimed he was going after criminals. None of these people are criminals.
You say you live in California–then you ought to know that California agriculture DEPENDS on migrant labor. California is the largest agriculture producer in the United States and agriculture is one of California’s most-important industries. The California economy, which is the 4th largest in the world, would fail without migrant labor, upon which it has depended for decades. So, yes, migrants are welcomed in California–and for valid reasons. And, whether you want to admit it or not–you benefit from their being there.
OMG! Now it’s Santa Ana. Santa Ana, L.A., prolly Van Nuys, and so on. The whole state is a foreign s—hole of parasites whose mothers weren’t “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” and who have been living on the dole from American taxpayers since birth.
Hey you Trumpsters— did you see the video of Trump stumbling on the steps of Air Force One? You know— the same steps Biden stumbled on that MAGA media said is proof of incompetence? Well if all you watch is MAGA media you probably didn’t see it—but it’s on line.
Anonymous, you’re right. Trump did stumble once, caught himself and continued up the stairs. Biden fell to his knees not once but twice. Do you really have to be so first grader. Let’s see Anonymous. Tell me, which one of these things is not like the other. Guess you didn’t get the message. The Democratic Party kicked stumblin Joes but to the curb. Don’t have a nice day.
1 ANON posts at 9:38 39-41- 41-43 This is the BOZO that keeps replying to himself daily!!
Kirk
Still putting BOTH brain cells to work I see.
Be careful, you might overload the system.
Don’t strain those brain cells.
*. The Supremacy Clause, Article VI .
Hegseth announced today that 700 Marines will be deployed from Camp Pendleton.
But they are actually coming from the 29 Palms base.
So the Sec of Defense doesn’t even know where the troops are coming from ?????
No.
He hasn’t sobered up from his weekend bender.
He won’t be aware of what’s actually happening until he sobers up.
So he won’t be coherent until Wednesday or Thursday.
Hopefully by then, but no earlier.
They are trying to administer coffee intravenously to speed things up.
1 ANON posting replies to himself! LAME!!
Kirk
Really ???
How can you tell it’s the same guy??
I would never have realized that
You must be much smarter than me.
You must have used BOTH of your brain cells.
Unfortunately I only have 1 brain cell, so you must be twice as smart as me.
You certainly know how to use BOTH of your brain cells.
It’s amazing.
GTH!!
You tell him Kirk.
Good job
Perfect response.
Put these single brain cell libtards in their place.
We 2 brain cell MAGA’s are much smarter than them.
GET A LIFE AND A JOB MORON!!
This is my job.
George Soros pays me big bucks to do this.
Probably a lot more than you make.
You might want to consider joining me if you want to make a ton of money.
I can put in a good word for you with George.
I am surprized ANON could figure out what 3 letters meant!!
This isn’t the end, but you can see it from here.
And to think, it all started with “Crazy Abe” Lincoln shredding the Constitution and installing an inimical, foreign, 3-million-man standing army on U.S. soil.
That army should have been compassionately repatriated for its own benefit and for the benefit of America.
As they say, c’est la vie.
Good comment. Unfortunately there are no more than a dozen here who will have any clue what you are discussing, and that estimate might well be on the high side 🙁
Hey you moron libs. Have you seen the polls (CNN) Prez Trump is moving up all while you nutty libs are failing.
Please keep this non-sense up
Please, I beg you, Professor, just once say it’s b/c they are fascists.
Stephen Miller is wrong to set the arrest quota at 3,000/day. It should be 20,000. That would go a long way to taking care of the illegal immigration problem by the end of Trump’s 3rd term, his 2nd inaugurated term.
It’s pretty obvious the Left’s plan is to spread and escalate violence until people are killed. Then they will blame Trump and try to impeach him. Those who are orchestrating these riots are the enemy of the US. We need to avoid killing on our streets and cut off the many heads of the snake organizing and funding the crazies on the ground.
We should be looking at 4 zero numbers a day, but let’s be honest. if LA is any indication, perfect is 20k. Realistic is 2-3k.
-Rabble
Here is a typical scene from the “peaceful” protest.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1932164695181725938
The LA Times has an photo essay titled “A fierce pushback on ICE raids in L.A. from protesters, officials”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/photos-a-fierce-pushback-from-protesters
This makes them sound heroic, typical garbage from the MSM. I guess they’re heroically “pushing back” against the idea that the law should be enforced, that US citizens should be secure in their homes and physical wellbeing, that civilization should exist, that the world should be orderly rather than chaotic and violent. That folks is pure nihilism.
Old.
Born in the early 1950 in San Diego. Seen this issue in LA for years.
The left has wrecked the entire state
I remember when there used to be Americans in California, in America!
What are all the foreign invader parasites going to do when their host runs out of money?
Just beating the bushes for traitors. ICE found a nest. Neither here nor there in the greater scheme. LA has been vacated but for a few.
Probably 90% of the Mexicans et al. in CA are illegal aliens whose mothers were not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” and, therefore, illegal aliens themselves.
It might be very difficult to prove their mothers were not illegal alien invaders and “persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof….”
Let’s check the records.
Fire dept there?
USNORTHCOM statement on additional military personnel in the Los Angeles Area
U.S. Northern Command Public Affairs
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated the Marine infantry battalion that was placed in an alert status over the weekend. Approximately 700 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.
The activation of the Marines is intended to provide Task Force 51 with adequate numbers of forces to provide continuous coverage of the area in support of the lead federal agency.
Task Force 51 is U.S. Army North’s Contingency Command Post, which provides a rapidly deployable capability to partner with civil authorities and DoD entities in response to a Homeland Defense and Homeland Security Operations. It is commanded by Maj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman.
Task Force 51 is comprised of approximately 2,100 National Guard soldiers in a Title 10 status and 700 active-duty Marines. Task Force 51 forces have been trained in de-escalation, crowd control, and standing rules for the use of force.
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https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/4210889/usnorthcom-statement-on-additional-military-personnel-in-the-los-angeles-area/
Have you never read Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which declares the president null, void, and powerless?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article 2, Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a JURISTOCRACY of the United States of America.
Lookey Here – If I see 1 Damn Chihuahua taken a Poo on my front lawn,
I’m gonna put a whole lotta Rottweiler on Em and then a whole lot Mo
Keep them peoples outta my Country and off Front Yard!
What do you think I pay Taxes For? Umm-Humm Tell Me!
Remember the Alamo and a couple of other things I can’t remember right now
^ Paid DNC troll. Ignore. ^
Ah-Huh, I heard that. You mean They payen me for this.
SEND ME MY CHECK!
I ain’t never lie-en
Same reply. Every. Single. Time.
In Other News: “California Governor Newsom Offers to Call in Mexican Army to Defend ICE Protesters”
“Newsom drew a line in the sand, taunting President Trump by promising to deploy the Mexican Army to protect the LA. Anti-ICE mostly peaceful demonstrators. Saying today, ‘We will bring Alta California back to life and retake the Southwest once and for all.'”
Seriously?
Yeah, I know. With Newsom it is almost believable, but it’s a joke.
It’s all so schizophrenic one can’t believe it’s natural human behavior. They have zero ideas. Just protest over and over. That’s all, burn and loot. So boring. Bad music, bad media, screaming noise, neon colors,.
I’ve taken up a hobby.
we all know what the facts are. Causation;
The Biden/Harris administration opened the gates of hell for four straight years to an unvetted and uncontrolled population of strangers, many with no desire to assimilate or appreciate America.
Mayorkas (sp) enforced this and repeatedly defended it, openly denying there was a problem for four straight years
Members of Congress in the Senate, many of who also had kneeled to BLM and antifa
Supported this invasion for four straight years.
We now have the consequences of it. There is no way that Newsom, Karen Bass, or any of those cretins in DC who still think It is somebody else’s fault & are going to get away with it.
We are done.
🎯
You really think we believe your different ppl. Need some lithium for your schizophrenia sir
@CM
The Biden/Harris administration opened the gates of hell, period. We had consequences almost immediately in 2021. This is just who the DNC are now. Both of them were puppets representing the party. This will nor be any different with anyone going forward; they spend tens of millions of dollars scraping at ways to lie more effectively – really; this is just who the modern left is. There is nothing to redeem. Literally nothing. We are in a country where we can thankfully still, against all odds, tell them to **** right off. And that is what we must do.
James.
The funny part. Pez Trump is still polling well with Americans. Dems not so much
Not yet, Americans were bred to fight. What’s one more. 😂
Everybody did the hardest work they think. Oh, I built this and oh I dud that…I’ll tell you who did– 1776 the revolutionary War, were YOU there? Those who fought the floods, the rain the hail, the tirbad9es and hurricanes, the granite rocks, the droughts, heat, mosquitoes and snakes, the sand and dirt storms, the Spanish War, the Mexican War, the the Indian War, the civil war, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and all those passed away soldiers are those who built it and starving and hungry and the cold war and the next war, too, is nothing but a hang nail in history.
What did you do?
Great reminder!
To whom much is given, much is expected.
For reasons mostly left unknown but always there.
^^^ War of 1812, too. Libations of blood soaked this land and the Constitution was ordained.
How can you miss it. How can you not see its a helluva fighting machine. The USA is and has always been.
A new holiday commemorating 1788 is in order.
The traitors tore down the states of our founders. They just left room to rebuild the memory of the founders bigger. Celebrate 1788. A new holiday when all school children receive a parchment of the Constitution.
June 21, 1788, ratification is the date for holiday. Did you know President George Washington designated November 26, 1789 as the first celebration of the Constitution known as
—> Thanksgiving. ☺
Back to 1776 and through to now its in the dna.
“Americans were bred to fight”.
Except for the ones with bone spurs
Right ????????
Of course Captain Bone Spurs is not even a REAL American.
His mother was an immigrant from that leftist, communist, globalist United Kingdom.
His grandfather was an immigrant from Germany who fled to the US to avoid conscription in Germany. Definitely not a fighter.
When he got here he made his money from a brothel in the Klondike during the gold rush.
Definitely not bred to fight.
Definitely not even a real American.
Were in you medical? Bet not.
Asthma, eyeglasses, illnesses or disabilities of any kind, yes and bone spurs are painful, and diabetes, and arthritis, and so much more.
Ano
57th Medical company. Viet-Nam. (Dustoff) How about you?
Dustoff
What exactly does your stupid comment have to do with the breeding of Americans in general, and of Captain Bone Spurs in particular.
Bone Spurs was not bred to fight.
Bone Spurs just got lucky to be born in America to immigrants.
He’s not a traitor. You? Jocelyn Nungaray’s park, and so many many uncounted. No one else stepped up to the fight. His shoes blew off when he was shot.
We’ll continue to watch.
Oh yeah, long time ago. Southern California actually has donkeys now.
” Southern California actually has donkeys now.”
A few of them even sport four legs…
Turley is nothing if not predictable. He conveniently leaves out little critical details about Trump’s alleged “authority” to call out the Guard and failed to cite the text of the statute. Here is the statute:
(1) the United States, or any of the Commonwealths or possessions, is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation;
(2) there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or
(3) the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States;
the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws. Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.
None of the foregoing applies, and Turley, as usual, omits discussion of how or why it could apply. We do not have an invasion or danger of an invasion. There isn’t any rebellion or danger of rebellion against the Government, and the fat one is not unable with regular forces to execute the laws of the United States. He just wants to exercise the power he cheated to get because he is a pathetic narcissistic sociopath.
Trump deliberately incited these protests as a pretext to call up the National Guard and Marines–something he mused about doing the first time he was stinking up the Oval Office, when cooler heads prevailed and prevented him. The LA Police and LA County Sheriff’s Department are more than capable of containing any protests that got out of hand–and, considering the large number of protesters, the incidents of violence and property damage were relatively minimal. Trump sent ICE agent thugs to a Home Depot–they could not have had warrants because they had no way of knowing who might be at Home Depot looking for day work. It is THIS that sparked the protests.
And, contrary to the arguments Turley is trying to make to defend January 6th–that WAS an insurrection because Trump called for a “rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States”–the Congress–which had convened to accept Biden’s victory. And, also contrary to Turley’s deliberately misleading argument, California HAS cooperated in LAWFUl ICE arrests–10,000 of them to date. ICE agents have, in other situations, been without any uniform, without any badge, and just grabbed up people, refusing to identify themselves.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! little G-G-Oh declares that “None of the foregoing applies, and Turley, as usual, omits discussion of how or why it could apply.”
She is so smart, so learned, so on top of it!
He’s not wrong. Turley did omit key facts about the statute. Which is typical of Turley.
Trump did not incite anything. These rioters are the ones who used violence against ICE agents, the sheriffs department. Democrats like Newsome and Bass are encouraging and inciting the violence.
From “The Peoples Unity Project”– describing Trump:
-The election is rigged….unless I win;
-The news is fake….unless it’s flattering;
-Everything is a hoax…unless I tweet it;
-Nepotism is bad…unless it’s my family;
-I’m rich…but you can’t see my taxes;
-I’m smart…but you can’t see my grades;
-I’m a patriot…but I dodged the draft;
-I’m successful…but my businesses fail;
-My staff is the best…until I fire them
-I’m innocent…but I refuse to testify.
ankle bitter sez wut?
🤡🤣
The “The Peoples Unity Project” is nothing but a far left wing propaganda.
Hurts to lose right
The Dems hate Latinos. They only think of us as cotton pickers and their ass wipes. Few noticed it but I did when Hamas sympathizers at Columbia Univ took 2 janitorial staff as hostages…one was a Latino worker. Democrats defended their Hamas apparatchiks and never came to the aid of the two janitors in spite of their being physically beaten. Thats what Democrats represent
Democrats use minorities as fodder to feed their lust for power just like in present day LA.
The riots are occurring no where near Beverly Hills, West Hollywood nor Malibu. Those residents would never allow Mexican immigrants to do what they are doing in Paramount / Compton area.
Columbia janitors sue protesters who allegedly held them hostage inside Hamilton Hall — and reveal chilling maps from ‘coordinated’ attack
James Carlson, 41, was among the alleged key conspirators named in the lawsuit who fought with Torres inside the hall after the mob allegedly failed to bribe him and Wilson, with the protester threatening to pummel Torres when he fought back, the suit states.
“I’m going to get 20 guys up here to f–k you up,” Carlson allegedly said.
The lawsuit claims both Torres and Wilson suffered multiple physical injuries from the night of the Hamilton Hall occupation, with the two men suffering from PTSD that has required ongoing medical care.
The two men have also been unable to return to work since the night of the protest, with the plaintiffs looking to win unspecified damages to cover their lost wages and medical expenses.
“Mario and Lester went to work to provide for their families and instead found themselves the victims of a hate-fueled, premeditated attack,” said former Attorney General Bill Barr, co-founder of Torridon Law, which helped file the lawsuit.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/us-news/columbia-janitors-sue-protesters-who-allegedly-held-them-hostage-in-hamilton-hall-takeover-while-revealing-chilling-maps-used-in-attack/
Estovir,
I do not recall which one it was, but one of the men kidnapped by the pro-Hamas terrorists wrote an article for The Free Press detailing his ordeal.
Biden was not mentally fit to be president.
That was true over a year prior to the 2020 election.
Sure looks like these two may apply…
2) there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or
(3) the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States;
the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws.
“(3) the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States;”
Sure seems to fit.
“the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws.”
Or Execute the laws.
“Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States”
As Turley noted SHALL – that means the governor MUST – it is not optional.
“None of the foregoing applies,”
Of course it does – ICE was precluded from executing the law, the governor was REQUIRED by law to issue orders deploying the guard.
“Turley, as usual, omits discussion of how or why it could apply.”
There is no need for discussion. Why is irrelevant – laws to not have “why” provisions.
The law was NOT being executed. The president could call in the NG.
It is Rare for the president to call in the guard without the goveronr, but it is neither unlawful nor unconstitutional, an dit has happened before.
See Lyndon Johnson to enforce the CRA at Selma.
“We do not have an invasion or danger of an invasion.”
Depends on how you define invasion.
“There isn’t any rebellion or danger of rebellion against the Government”
That is quyite literally what is happening – the violence in these protexts is a clear attempt to preclude the government from enforcing the law – that is rebellion.
“the fat one is not unable with regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The LA Sherrif said publicly that the police were unable to maintain order BEFORE Trump called in the NG.
“He just wants to exercise the power he cheated to get because he is a pathetic narcissistic sociopath.”
He is doing exactly what he promissed.
I would note that right in the middle of this 51% and by 2:1 people polled support what ICE is doing in LA and support calling up the NG
“Trump deliberately incited these protests as a pretext to call up the National Guard and Marines”
More accurately Trump KNEW that enforcing the law in LA would result in violent protests.
Absolutely the LEFT was trolled.
But you had a choice – peaceful protest without obstructing the enforcement of the law.
Trump is very good it providing the left with the oportunity to show the world who they really are.
All you have to do to defuse Trump, is NOT resort to violence and obstruction.
You are free to change the law.
“The LA Police and LA County Sheriff’s Department are more than capable of containing any protests that got out of hand–and,”
Not according to them – the LA Sherrif reported publicly that they were unable to maintain control – check out Youtube.
The public statement is readily available.
“considering the large number of protesters, the incidents of violence and property damage were relatively minimal.”
The number of protestors appear to be LESS than those at J6 – CNN is reporting about 1000 people.
There was ZERO arson at J6. There was ZERO throwing ICE bottles and rocks at police.
There was less violence by far at J6,
J6 protestors were asking Congress to make a choice – on that constitutionally congress can make.
These protestors are demanding that ICE agents refuse to follow the law.
” Trump sent ICE agent thugs”
Most of these ICE agents were ICE agents in December 2024 and January 2022.
Were they “thugs” then ?
They are government agents doing their job.
They are government agents following orders and enforcing the law.
You are protestors are demanding that they Break the law, fail to obey orders and refuse to do their job.
Rather than protest the agents – you should be protesting at the WH or in congress – where the ability to change the law actually exists.
“to a Home Depot–they could not have had warrants because they had no way of knowing who might be at Home Depot looking for day work. It is THIS that sparked the protests.”
This is an absurd claim. Deportation orders are for PEOPLE, they are NOT search warrants. Whether they are administrative warrants or they are judicial warrants – and they have some of both each of these warrants is for a PERSON.
Further ICE is free to detain ANYONE in public that they have reasonable suspicion is NOT in the US legally without a warrant of anykind.
I would further note that ICE may have raided Home Depot looking for a SPECIFIC Criminal, but they would have detained EVERY illegal.
CURRENTLY ICE conducts raids looking for violent criminal illegal aliens.
But they detain and deport every illegal they find at the locations they raid.
You would not expect otherwise.
If the police have a warrant to look for a bank robber, and they find several drug dealers when they execute the warrant – they will arrest the drug dealers too.
“And, contrary to the arguments Turley is trying to make to defend January 6th–that WAS an insurrection because Trump called for a “rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States”–the Congress–which had convened to accept Biden’s victory.”
Congress convened to CERTIFY bidens victory – that is NOT a cerimonial duty. They have the power to refuse to certify and Have on a few occasions.
J6 protestors were NOT seeking to overthrow the government they were seeking to get congress to refuse to certify the election.
Something Congrsss has the power to do.
Conversely ICE agents are following the law, and following orders. They do NOT have the discretion to chose what orders they will follow – regardless of what those orders are or who is president.
They followed Biden’s illegal orders less than a year ago. They are following Trump’s now.
ICE protestors – are fighting with people who do NOT have the power to give them what they want.
ICE protestors are the ones seeking to destroy legitimate authority.
If you wish to oppose the law, if you wish to get congress to act, or refuse to act – do so at the Capitol – not engaging in violence against federal and local law enforcement.
Peacefully demanding the congress act differently is a first amendment right.
There is NO RIGHT to obstruct law enforcement in the enforcement of the law.
“California HAS cooperated in LAWFUl ICE arrests–10,000 of them to date.”
False, CA has not previously OBSTRUCTED, They are not required to cooperate, only to not actively hinder.
If CA has done so 10,000+ times todate – great. That is 2-3 days worth of Total ICE detentions nationwide.
Regardless what is occuring NOW is protestors – with the encouragement of Democrats OBSTRUCTING ICE, and atleast initially CA police ORDERED to refuse to keep the peace.
“ICE agents have, in other situations, been without any uniform, without any badge, and just grabbed up people, refusing to identify themselves.”
Which they may do.
As a rule when taking someone into custody law enforcement must identify themselves as police. OFTEN they do so with uniforms.
It is generally required that at SOME POINT in the process – possibly hours later the person or persons conducting the arrest are identified as individuals to the defendant or their lawyers. That MAY be done under conditions in which the defendant and/or their lawyers face criminal sanctions if they make public the name of officers prior to trial.
While the NORM is for uniformed officers wearing badges that identify them to make arrests, that is a NORM not a requirement of the law.
NORMALLY officers making an arrest are uniformed because an ordinary person is less likely to obstruct and more likely to be convicted for obstructing a uniformed police officer. But plain clothes officers can make arrests, They are required to identfy as police at the time of arrest – because you are not resisting or obstructing law enforcement until they identify as law enforcement.
I find it weird that the party of masks is pissing over ICE for masking.
I would note that even many of the NG forces are masking.
Left Wing nuts are known for VIOLENCE. They will dox officers and threaten them and their families, they threaten supreme sourt justices.
And on occasion they carry out those threats.
No J6er tried to hang mike pence.
Left Wing Nuts tried to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh. Trump twice, and the GOP baseball team.
Left wing violence is common place.
“Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States”
As Turley noted SHALL – that means the governor MUST – it is not optional.”
Turmp’s order is illegal. “Shall” means only when the governor requests it. Newsome didn’t request the national guard. Trump’s bypassing of the governor is not legal in this situation and it will likely be struck as in illegal order by Trump. The rioting is not an invation or rebellion either. It seems Trump does not have a legal leg to stand on despite Professor Turley’s weak argument trying to support Trump’s decision.
When “peaceful protestors” torch private cars, smash police vehicle windows and toss rocks and concrete at law enforcement in response to efforts to enforce laws — enacted, by the way, in a bipartisan past — and all the while waving Mexican flags in the “City of Angels” as local police are told to “stand down,” one is tempted to ask: might this not be a good time for The Big One?