4:47 p.m. EDT The Trump administration asked the judge to reject Newsom’s request and allow it to respond by Wednesday, calling Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of federal troops “legally meritless” and saying it would jeopardize the safety of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the government’s ability to carry out operations.

This appears to be the first time in decades that a state’s National Guard was activated without a request from its governor.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday evening that the state of California would sue to stop the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles, which he called a “blatant abuse of power.”