Legal experts predict Trump will win National Guard battle despite federal judge ruling

President Donald Trump’s controversial deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and possibly other cities may survive judicial scrutiny, legal experts say, despite a federal judge ruling that it violated the Posse Comitatus Act.

Experts say presidents are afforded near-total deference by the courts when it comes to military use, even under the Posse Comitatus Act. The 150-year-old law says the military cannot typically engage in standard police work.

Attorney Andrew Stoltman, an adjunct law professor at Northwestern University, told Fox News Digital he thinks the Supreme Court will eventually sanction the president's unconventional use of the National Guard. The court has routinely sided with Trump in temporary rulings this year.  

"I think ultimately he will be given the legal green light to do so. But he is doing this obviously in heavy blue states, so ...