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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.

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 Revnolds

  • Pamela Koslvn

  • 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

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

  • Belanger 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 Obiect! 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


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