A federal judge on Wednesday ordered an end to the National Guard’s deployment in Los Angeles and returned control of the troops to Governor Gavin Newsom.

It’s the latest victory for the California governor in court in his ongoing fight against President Donald Trump.

Judge Charles Breyer, a Bill Clinton appointee, temporarily prohibited the deployment of the state National Guard effective December 15 in a blistering opinion that ripped into the Trump administration.

“The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one,” Breyer wrote.

Breyer noted that six months after the California National Guard was first federalized, there are still approximately 300 guardsmen under federal contro

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