In a conversation with June Grasso, host of Bloomberg Law Podcast, CERL’s Professor Claire Finkelstein discusses the lawsuit filed by Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California against President Trump for his deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles to quell protests, and what is stake in the three-day trial in San Francisco that began on Monday, August 11, 2025.

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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