The legal battle over the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in California continued in a federal appeals court on Tuesday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals presided over a remote hearing regarding California's challenge to President Donald Trump's federalization of the state's National Guard troops amid protests over immigration enforcement in the Los Angeles area.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have condemned the National Guard deployments, calling them illegal and unnecessary provocations.

Federal courts have no role whatsoever in assessing President Donald Trump's decision to take control of the California National Guard, Assistant Attorney