“Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of National Guard to Deal With Protesters; Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor; But he also ruled that it was premature to restrict the use of active-duty Marines”: Charlie Savage, Kellen Browning, and Laurel Rosenhall of The New York Times have this report.

Caroline O’Donovan, Karin Brulliard, and Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Judge says Trump acted illegally in dispatching National Guard in California; The state claimed the president improperly deployed the Guard and Marines to Los Angeles without the governor’s consent or input amid immigration protests.”

Michael Wilner, Laura J. Nelson, and Queenie Wong of The Los Angeles Times reports that “National Guard troops will stay under Trump’s control, for now, under 9th Circuit order.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Trump exceeded powers by sending National Guard to L.A., judge rules.”

Jess Bravin and Xavier Martinez of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Orders Trump to Return California National Guard to Newsom; California had sought to stop the president from sending guardsmen without the governor’s approval.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with L.A. protests.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at this link.

And you can access tonight’s stay order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Woman accused of being a witch in Brazil can seek asylum in U.S., court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump-Newsom Legal Fight Over Troops Has Little Modern Precedent; A judge will explore new territory in California governor’s bid to limit president’s use of the military in Los Angeles protests”: Jess Bravin and Annie Linskey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Bonus 157: Why the Supreme Court Keeps Granting Stays to President Trump. The justices have granted at least some of the relief the Justice Department has sought in each of its last 10 applications. There are some obvious reasons why, but also some less obvious ones.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.