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Notably, it doesn't say the governor has the right to refuse those "orders". If the governor had that right, they would be requests, not orders.

A very interesting article about this situation from a Georgetown law professor was posted somewhere deep in this discussion and is well worth reading.

The professor is strongly opposed to the deployment, and calls it "dangerous" and "pernicious" among other things. Nonetheless, he "thinks the federal government has both the constitutional and statutory authority to override local and state governments when it comes to law and order" and that "this [clause] is better understood as a purely administrative provision than it is as giving a substantive veto to the governor."

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/156-federalizing-the-californ...



According to Governor Newsom he wasn't communicated with at all.

In an interview with All Things Considered host Juana Summers, Newsom said the mobilization order was not done with communication to or approval by his office. [1]

[1] https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5428342/per-california-...




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