NSL4A announced today that it has filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s challenge to the federalization of the California National Guard. 

The brief, filed by NSL4A’s counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, underscores the historic and legal limits on the President’s authority to seize control of state National Guard units without a governor’s consent. At issue is the President’s June 7, 2025, order to federalize and deploy 4,000 California Guard members to Los Angeles under 10 U.S.C. § 12406, despite Governor Newsom’s determination that local police forces were sufficient to maintain order. 

NSL4A condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Violence against political leaders and our fellow citizens is unacceptable, un-American, and a direct threat to our democracy.