A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to withdraw National Guard members from Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Judge Charles R. Breyer found “no evidence” that troops were needed six months after protests over immigration ended. Breyer ruled that control of the Guardsmen still in Los Angeles must be transferred to Gov. Gavin Newsom. A gradual withdrawal has been taking place since July.

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

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In his ruling, Breyer said that the use of the National Guard by the Trump administration constituted a “national police force made up of state troops.”

“Six months after they first federalized the California National Gua

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