Trump's 'bluster' cost him in latest legal setback: law professor

Donald Trump’s “bluster” about using the National Guard to occupy cities, all of which are governed by Democratic mayors, was a contributing factor in a major legal blow to his administration Tuesday.

Early Tuesday morning, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act for deploying 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Chris Jansing, Hofstra University Law Professor James Sample claimed Trump was clearly in violation of the law and that he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have only themselves to blame for the comments they have made that made it easier to arrive at the ruling.

“Judge Breyer could not have been more pointed and more clear today in his analysis,” he began. “And he stated, in an interesting development, he stated not only that the facts on the ground supported his ruling, but that this was one time where Donald Trump's bluster and Pete Hegseth's bluster may have come at particular expense to themselves.”

“He noted, Judge Breyer noted, that Mr. Trump and Mr. Hegseth have, quote, ‘Stated their intention to use guard troops as a national police force, with the president as its chief,’” he explained. “In other words, what Judge Breyer is saying is that not only do the facts on the ground bear out the prohibition, but the violation of the prohibition on using the military as a domestic police force. But Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, by their own words, hoisted themselves on their own petard.”

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