Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the legality behind President Donald Trump deploying members of the National Guard in L.A.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration early Monday morning over the president’s deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, even as the LAPD chief admitted Sunday his cops “are overwhelmed” by the violent anti-ICE riots taking over the city.

The California Governor has sued the U.S. President over the mobilization of the National Guard, calling it “an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”

Trump signed measures Thursday revoking waivers for the state's mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha sued the Trump administration for the second time in one week, this time over electric vehicles.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump "has created the conditions" surrounding the Los Angeles protests. The governor went on to call Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard "a manufactured crisis,

In a televised address Tuesday, California Gov. Newsom said the military presence in downtown Los Angeles put in place by President Donald Trump to crack down on anti-ICE protesters has escalated the unrest,

Authorities swept in with flash-bangs and tear gas grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles.