California Attorney General Rob Bonta has presented a new argument to a federal appeals court for why the panel should block President Donald Trump’s continued federalization of the state National Guard, according to court papers obtained Wednesday.

Since Trump first federalized California National Guard troops in early June, the administration has “dramatically broadened its efforts to use these troops beyond the Los Angeles area, and for activities unrelated to protecting federal personnel and buildings,” according to the AG.

In new filings Tuesday with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Bonta argues that the instances of civil unrest in Los Angeles that gave rise to the deployment have subsided, and the Trump administration has deployed members of the National Guard for routine la

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