CERL’s Professor Claire Finkelstein participated in a virtual conversation hosted by the Center for a New American Strategy (CNAS) on the legal questions arising from President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles, California, in response to ongoing protests against ICE raids. She argued, among other things, that Governor Gavin Newsom’s case is “quite strong,” noting that the authority under which President Trump federalized the National Guard, 10 U.S.C. § 12406, requires that there be a “rebellion.” 

The event also featured Carrie Cordero, CNAS Senior Fellow, and Professor Mark Nevitt, professor at Emory University School of Law.  

Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law. Read her bio here.    

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