Tell your state attorney general: Keep the military off American streets

Keep the military off American streets

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Tell your state attorney general: Keep the military off American streets

^{A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, guards a federal area in Los Angeles on July 12, 2025. Photo: Lance Cpl. Andrew Whistler/U.S. Marine Corps/DVIDS}

When the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to the streets of Los Angeles — an unprecedented move in response to largely peaceful protests against immigration raids — their stated mission was to protect federal property and personnel.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem offered a different explanation: “[L]iberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership” of the governor and the mayor.

Either way, the administration is breaking the law: The nearly 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement, except when specifically authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress.

The attorney general of California is suing the Trump administration in federal court to enforce the Posse Comitatus Act and put an end to this illegal use of the military.

But while the Marines may be leaving Los Angeles, the administration has deployed nearly 20,000 troops in at least five states (and plans for more) — militarizing the southern border and assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in launching draconian crackdowns across the country.

That’s why it’s so important that state attorneys general across the country join in taking legal action to stop Donald Trump from continuing to erode the Constitution and the rule of law with the domestic use of the military. Add your name now.