# A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles this summer. US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the action ran foul of the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th Century law that generally prohibits the use of troops for domestic law enforcement purposes. The ruling comes as the president is weighing whether to send National Guard members to other cities, including ones in California and Illinois.
Judge says Trump administration’s use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law