The Federal Appellate Court appears poised to uphold former President Donald Trump's continued authority over the California National Guard units deployed in the wake of Los Angeles protests sparked by immigration enforcement, a ruling contesting a lower court's decision that mandated the transfer of control to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who has vehemently opposed the deployment, alleging a transgression of presidential prerogative.

The ramifications of this legal challenge possess the potential to substantively redefine the permissible scope of presidential deployment of military personnel within U.S. urban centers.

This instance represents a noteworthy departure from precedent, marking the first occasion since 1965 wherein a president has activated the National Guard within a state without gubernatorial consent.

The judicial panel, comprising two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee, intimated that extant federal law affords the president considerable latitude in this domain.

However, the jurists demurred from endorsing the Justice Department's contention that the court is devoid of jurisdiction to scrutinize the validity of Trump's determination.

The panel's definitive judgment is anticipated imminently.