Pakistan, June 14 -- The Trump administration slammed a judge's "extraordinary intrusion" on the presidential powers Thursday, after he ruled that the decision to send the California National Guard to protest-hit Los Angeles was "illegal."
The ruling by US District Judge Charles Breyer ordering Donald Trump to return control of the reserve force to California's Governor Gavin Newsom infringes on on the president's authority as Commander-in-Chief, the Department of Justice said in an emergency appeal.
The administration has asked the court to rule on its appeal within hours.
Sporadic but spectacular violence has rocked Los Angeles over days of demonstrations against immigration raids launched by the Trump administration.
But the clashes ...