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The brother of retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer used to be assigned Tuesday to preside over the lawsuit that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced in opposition to the Trump management in California this week.
Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, is about to supervise the case, which alleges President Donald Trump disadvantaged California of its sovereignty through federalizing hundreds of National Guard infantrymen in line with anti-immigration enforcement protests and riots in Los Angeles County.
Breyer is the more youthful brother of Stephen Breyer, who used to be appointed through Clinton to the top courtroom and served at the bench for just about 3 a long time starting in 1994. Stephen Breyer’s retirement ended in former President Joe Biden changing him with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Charles Breyer, who serves at the federal bench within the Northern District of California, will oversee a lawsuit that pits Newsom, some of the nation’s maximum distinguished Democrats and a imaginable 2028 presidential contender, in opposition to Trump.
CALIFORNIA TO SUE TRUMP, HEGSETH OVER NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT AMID ANTI-ICE RIOTS
California Governor Gavin Newsom (R) speaks as California Attorney General Rob Bonta appears on all the way through a information convention at Gemperle Orchard on Apr. 16, 2025, in Ceres, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Newsom alleged within the lawsuit that Trump made an “unprecedented power grab” through mobilizing the National Guard in his state, a extremely peculiar transfer for a president to do with out the consent of the governor.
Trump has mentioned the transfer used to be vital to give protection to ICE team of workers and federal structures as some protesters engaged in illegal meeting and pelted regulation enforcement with concrete bottles and different onerous gadgets.
After the National Guard proclamation, extra unrest broke out in portions of the county involving rioters atmosphere hearth to a number of self-driving vehicles and looting some shops. Newsom alleged Trump’s resolution to ship within the army spurred extra chaos.
NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYS TO LOS ANGELES AS VIOLENT ANTI-ICE RIOTS ROCK THE CITY
A protester waves the Mexican flag in entrance of a burning Waymo automobile all the way through an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Jun. 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer holds up a duplicate of the United States Constitution as he publicizes his retirement within the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP Newsroom)
Federal courtroom instances within the Northern District of California are assigned through the Clerk of the Court “blindly and at random” thru an automatic device, in line with the courtroom’s website online.
Fox News Digital reached out to Charles Breyer’s chambers for touch upon his task.
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The information of Charles Breyer presiding over the case comes as some Republicans have floated the speculation that Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., secretly took on Trump instances to sabotage them in want of plaintiffs.
Boasberg without delay addressed the claims all the way through a courtroom listening to, pronouncing his assignments, like maximum others within the courtroom, had been randomly assigned through a pc.
