Sarah Hosseini

The rarely used law allows the president to deploy the military domestically in cases of unrest or rebellion.

Legal expert Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles says that will likely trigger court scrutiny.

The Insurrection Act hasn't been used in more than 30 years.

For NPR News, I'm Sarah Hosseini in San Francisco.

Trump told Fox News he plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco next, and that he could use the Insurrection Act to do so, calling it unquestioned power.

The rarely used law allows the president to deploy the military domestically in cases of unrest or rebellion.

Legal expert Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles says that will likely trigger court scrutiny.

The Insurrection Act hasn't been used in more than 30 years.

For NPR News, I'm Sarah Hosseini in San Francisco.

Newsom announced that the Trump administration was sending the California National Guard troops both in a post on the website X and in a statement.

Newsom says California's troops were placed under Trump's control months ago in response to unrest in Los Angeles and are now being used as a political weapon against Americans.

He also announced his intentions to sue.

In response, a White House spokesperson says President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland from so-called violent riots.

It comes one day after a Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to call up 200 of Oregon's own National Guard, calling it unjustified.

For NPR News, I'm Sarah Hosseini.