A federal appeals court on Tuesday spent more than an hour grappling with whether President Donald Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard to beef up security in Los Angeles amid unrest over immigration enforcement there.

A federal appeals court panel Tuesday sharply questioned Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) lawsuit aimed at barring President Donald Trump from federalizing the California National Guard and deploying it to Los Angeles.

Appeals court scrutinizes ruling that president unlawfully federalized the state’s force in Los Angeles, over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.