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Join Statement from Bar Associations, Rule of Law Organizations, and Lawyers re the Deployment of Federalized Troops in Los Angeles
June 9, 2025
As a non-partisan coalition of organizations dedicated to upholding the Rule of Law, we are deeply concerned by the federal deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles without the request or consent of California's state and local authorities. The use of federalized troops for domestic law enforcement is an extreme measure that raises profound constitutional questions about executive power and federalism. Our system of checks and balances is threatened when established legal channels for state and local governance are bypassed.
While we support the First Amendment right to peaceful protest, we do not condone any acts of violence or destruction of property. However, inflammatory rhetoric from federal officials that casts protests as an "insurrection" or "invasion" serves only to escalate tensions and erode public trust. A government of laws requires that official action, especially the deployment of military force, adheres strictly to constitutional norms and collaborative processes.
We strongly urge the administration to rescind this order, return command of the National Guard to the Governor of California, and allow state and local authorities to manage the situation. We call for immediate de-escalation and a return to the established legal processes that safeguard our republic.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Lawyers for Good Government
Lawyers Defending American Democracy
Bar Association of San Francisco
BASF Justice & Diversity Center
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Alameda County Bar Association
National Bar Association
Legal Aid at Work
La Raza Community Resource Center
La Raza Centro Legal
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
AVAN Immigrant Services
Open Immigration Legal Services
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
SBC Immigrant Legal Defense Center
Laura A. Curliss Co. LPA
Immigrant Legal Defense
Law Office of Rudolph Delson
JBelanger Law PLLC
The Rossman Firm
BrotmanLaw, PLLC
California Immigration Project
Van Houten Law PLC
WE-OBJECT!
Jubilee Immigration Advocates
Cumberland Valley Rising
The Coppola Firm
Lawyers Defending American Democracy
Jennifer M. French, APC
California La Raza Lawyers Association
We Object!
Chicago Council of Lawyers
We Object! Detroit
Pangea Legal Services
Western Center on Law & Poverty
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
East Bay Community Law Center
La Raza Lawyers Association - Central Valley
The Avanzado Law Firm, APLC
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
Oasis Legal Services
Immigration Center for Women and Children
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Worksafe
Third Act Lawyers
Disability Rights California
Family Violence Appellate Project
INDIVIDUALS:
Peggy Bristol
Kelly Louise Anderson
Carolina Martin Ramos
Ellen Dumesnil
Blanca Malpartida-Girard
Melissa Hooper
Gabriel Medina
Julissa Pena
Paul Carrion
Travis Gasper
Claire Reynolds
Pamela Koslyn
Regina Schlatter
Teresa Koza
Karen Hindin
Kathleen M. Thomas
Erica Peresman
Lindsey Pace
Michael Curry
David B. Jaffe
B.C. Cornish
James Belanger
J. Allison Wolf
Dan Roth
Christina Godfrey, Esq.
Ellen Brotman
Darla Jones
Meghan Paulas
Steven Piser
Jean K. Hyams
Jeremy Naftel
Margaret Van Houten
James Arden
Teresa Beck
Bekah Stroik
Anthony Hawks
D. Gerald Wilhlem
Jeffrey M. Lindy
Martin Baum
Irene Bassock
Elizabeth Finn Johnson
Chelsey Gonzalez
Clare Crawford
Rachel Berardinelli
Lisa Todd
Katie Daniels
Lisa A. Coppola
Ember Reichgott Junge
Paul Pfeilschiefter
Meredith Eng, Esq.
Robert J. Mohondro
Eliana Sisman
Carah Helwig
Charles H. Baron
Emily Shapiro
Ted Blumoff
Gillian G. W. Egan
Jacqueline Pittman
Jennifer M. French
María D. Domínguez
James Matthews
Elizabeth MacLeish
Kathleen Hamill, Esq.
Martha Ruch
Melissa Brown Knox
Wendy Morgan
Roy Evritt
Frankie D. Rodriguez
Spencer Pahlke
Dolores Y. Leal
Brian Moskal
Linda J. Vogel
Ashleigh M.
Alisa Sandoval
Don Willenburg
Barry Wolf
Lisa D. Mallinson
Melvin N.A. Avanzado
Linda Spiegel
Taylor Hannegan
Elizabeth A. Hernandez
Brian Ripley
Kristine E Stringer
Katlyn Corolina
Claudia Center
Michelle Uzeta
Jillian MacLeod
Claudia Center
Stephanie Blumberg
Aaditya Kaushik
Jen Niki Foster
Marcia Scully
Sarah E. Galvin
Yvonne M. West
S. Lynn Martinez
Judy Brown
Robert Seng
Kris Franklin
Victoria Torres, Esq.
Carolina Curbelo
Patrick Almonrode
Ellen Hornstein
Peter Hill
Ann Clowser
Carolina Martin Ramos
S. Lynn Martinez
Brian Unitt
Joan Chapel
Linda Aronson