Two things about California. One, I thought that it was the governor that "called up the National Guard", not.....

[PermatexNo.2]

.......the president. And second, if Hegseth is talking about sending in the Marines, isn't that in the realm of Posse Comitatus?

[RockRaven]

1. As to the first, that is normally so but not necessarily so. As noted in some articles

on this matter, it has been 60 years since a National Guard unit has been called up and deployed without a governor's request, but the president can do it.

As to the second, who is going to stop them? Because Trump et al do what they want unless someone stops them.

[benpollard]

2. People are disrupting a federal operation...

The ICE raids are federal operations, so Trump calling in the National Guard could be justified on paper and in the courts.

[johnnyfins]

3. They are calling these protests a rebellion