Lawyers for both President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed counter court filings on Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, over the Posse Comitatus Act – a fancy way of saying it's now allowed to have the military conduct civilian law enforcement on U.

A volley of court rulings has made the legal path unclear in a case challenging President Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles. For now, the president has retained control of the state militia.