Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco that the president had exceeded his authority was “probably out of the mainstream” among current U.S. courts, said Anthony Ghiotto, a teaching professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and a former judge in the U.S. Air Force. Ghiotto said he agreed with Breyer’s decision, but doubted it would survive in a U.S. Supreme Court that has shielded Trump from criminal prosecution from official acts.

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.