How would recent events in America appear if they happened elsewhere? | Moira Donegan

Alex Padilla , a senator from California , was pushed against a wall, removed from the room, and then tackled to the ground and handcuffed.

He was trying to ask a question about the deployment of marines and national guard forces to LA in his capacity as an elected representative.

Ruben Navarrette : The violence toward a sitting senator is yet another escalation of administration’s dramatic assertions of extra-constitutional authority.

A federal district court judge ordered the Trump administration to relinquish control over the California national guard.

The judge agreed with California that the guard had been illegally seized when Trump assumed control of the armed units without Newsom ’s consent.

Hours later , an appeals placed a temporary block on the order, returning control to Trump .