Biden Judge BLOCKS President Trump’s D.C. National Guard Deployment

The first ten months of President Trump’s second term has been plagued by liberal judges attempting to halt his every move.

And it has happened once again.

This time, a Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge is blocking Trump from deploying the National Guard to address crime in Washington, D.C.

Check out what our friends at The Hill had to report on the Judge’s ruling:

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Biden, ruled that the Pentagon’s deployment of D.C. National Guard members for “non-military, crime-deterrence missions” and its calls for assistance from out-of-state troops likely exceeded federal authority and violated the law.

“The record in this case, including many of the amicus briefs filed, makes clear that there are strong views on both sides about whether these deployments represent good policy,” Cobb wrote. “But the Court is only tasked with deciding whether Defendants’ actions are lawful.”

She paused her order until Dec. 11 so the administration may appeal.

D.C.’s attorney general sued the Trump administration in September, after Trump announced the month prior he would take over the city’s police department and send in the National Guard to clamp down on street crime. More than 2,000 troops are deployed in the nation’s capital.

Some of those troops came from the district’s own National Guard, which is under Trump’s command. The others were deployed from nine Republican-led states, under an authority that provides federal funding but maintains local command.

Cobb noted that the current size of National Guard deployment measures roughly two-thirds the size of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, all of whom are patrolling the city’s streets.

Users on X were not pleased with the court’s ruling:

🚨 BREAKING: In an infuriating move, DEI Judge Jia Cobb unilaterally HALTS President Trump's National Guard deployment to keep Washington DC safe

It was working SO WELL until this judge decided she is suddenly President of the United States.

Overturn it and impeach! pic.twitter.com/sPpAIvym4w

— RightLine (@RightLineNews) November 20, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: In an infuriating move, DEI Judge Jia Cobb unilaterally HALTS President Trump's National Guard deployment to keep Washington DC safe

UNBELIEVABLE!

It was working SO WELL until this judge decided she is suddenly President of the United States.

Overturn it and… pic.twitter.com/tvFBgFFV1r

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 20, 2025

Stephen Miller was not happy about the ruling either:

🚨 JUST IN: Stephen Miller FUMES after DEI Judge Jia Cobb unilaterally rescinds all of President Trump's National Guardsmen from Washington, D.C.

"The Democrats appoint judges whose sole purpose is to impose their extremist agenda and unravel the Republic."

IMPEACH HER! pic.twitter.com/IC13dvw6PO

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 20, 2025

The New York Post reported on how Trump’s attorneys argued on the legality of the National Guard’s deployment in D.C.:

Attorneys for the Trump administration argued in court that the president’s executive powers gave him control of the local National Guard force and that the city didn’t suffer a serious injury because it cooperated with his team.

Trump has frequently touted his crackdown on crime in DC, which began days after former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee Edward Coristine, also known as “Big Balls,” was beaten up on the city’s streets after intervening in a carjacking. Coristine now works in the Social Security Administration.

“President Trump is well within his lawful authority to deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC, to protect federal assets and assist law enforcement with specific tasks,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told The Post in response to the judge’s order.

“This lawsuit is nothing more than another attempt — at the detriment of DC residents — to undermine the President’s highly successful operations to stop violent crime in DC.”

Trump has also begun using his crime crackdown in DC as a model for interventions in cities across the country, having deployed troops in Memphis, Chicago and Portland. The courts have since stymied those deployments.