4:47 p.m. EDT The Trump administration asked the judge to reject Newsom’s request and allow it to respond by Wednesday, calling Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of federal troops “legally meritless” and saying it would jeopardize the safety of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the government’s ability to carry out operations.

Newsom, throughout the riots, has played a high-profile game of chicken with the federal government, daring border czar Tom Homan to arrest him and fuming over Trump's suggestion that Homan do so.

The California governor blasted Trump amid the president’s deployment of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area.