Federal Judge Orders Trump To Stop Sending National Guard, Considered To Have Confiscated US Police Authority
JAKARTA - A federal judge in one of the districts of the United States (US), Jiamen said President Donald Trump's administration must stop the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington DC.
Quoting the Jazeera Navy, Friday, November 21, Judge koofta temporarily suspended the deployment of the National Guard to Washington in its ruling on Thursday local time, responding to a lawsuit filed by US city officials.
The US city official lawsuit said Trump had seized police authority and used the military for domestic law enforcement.
The US federal government has special powers in Washington. However, the Trump Administration has taken controversial steps to enforce its authority by deploying troops in a number of cities generally led by regional heads from the Democratic Party.
Trump's deployment also often invited protests from state and local officials because of the absence of an emergency.
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In its ruling, Judgemen said the US president could not arbitrarily deploy troops for "any reason" he wanted. For that decision, the Trump Administration was given 21 days to file an appeal.
Trump's government lawyers have criticized the results of the lawsuit against the military deployment. They considered it a "reckless act".
"There is no plausible reason to issue a court order canceling this arrangement now, especially because district claims are baseless," US Justice Department lawyers wrote.
In addition to the so-called US region, Trump has also deployed National Guard troops to cities such as Los Angeles, California; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago, Illinois, in what he described as an attempt to tackle crimes and capture illegal immigrants.
Trump also acted reactively against the contrast, threatening to imprison local and state officials who criticized his policy of deploying National Guard troops.
Separately, Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed another lawsuit against Trump's unilateral militaryism policy in September 2025. Schwab said US democracy "would never be the same if these occupations were allowed to continue".