Will the 4,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles return to Governor Newsom's control? The legal battle over their deployment by President Trump will continue Tuesday in a federal appeals court in San Francisco.

I can’t believe I’m the only one who finds it ironic that President Donald Trump quickly deployed the California National Guard, citing violence in Los Angeles, but failed to activate the Guard when so many asked him for help during the Jan. 6 insurrection, (“ California will sue Trump over sending National Guard to L.A. protests, ” June 9).

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a judge's order, which was to go into effect on Friday.