White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller sparked a fierce backlash this week by claiming President Donald Trump possesses “plenary authority” to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. cities.

Miller’s phrasing seemed to imply that Trump holds absolute, unchecked power to federalize troops and deploy them at his discretion.

During an appearance Tuesday on CNN , Miller said the administration had filed an appeal with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge blocked the White House’s efforts to send troops from the California National Guard into Portland, Oregon.

“I would note the administration won an identical case in the Ninth Circuit just a few months ago with respect to the federalizing of the California National Guard,” Miller said.

He added that under T

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