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Matter 25-982

Amicus Curiae Brief in Newsom v. Trump.

Legal & Litigation City Council Agenda Ready Introduced 03 Sep 2025
2 Documents on file 1.18 MB · 2 extracted · 2 AI summaries
File
25-982
Type
Consent Agenda
Status
Agenda Ready
Requester
Unknown
Introduced
03 Sep 2025
Last synced
19 May 2026 · 03:59

The papers

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Memorandum, 9/8/2025

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This memorandum, dated September 8, 2025, addresses the City Council regarding an Amicus Curiae brief in the case of Newsom v. Trump. The City Attorney, Nora Frimann, recommends retroactively authorizing the City Attorney to join the brief, which supports California's efforts against the unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles. The case challenges the legality of this deployment, with a temporary restraining order already granted. The memorandum outlines the arguments of the brief, which align with the City's law enforcement practices and community interests. It will be posted on the City’s website for the upcoming agenda on September 9, 2025.

Key points
  • The memorandum is addressed to the Mayor and City Council from City Attorney Nora Frimann.
  • It discusses the Amicus Curiae brief in the case Newsom v. Trump.
  • The recommendation is to retroactively authorize the City Attorney to join the brief supporting local government entities.
  • The brief argues against the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.
  • The memorandum will be posted on the City’s website for the September 9, 2025 agenda.
  • The case involves arguments under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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COUNCIL AGENDA: ITEM: 09/09/2025 2.18 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: NORA FRIMANN, City Attorney SUBJECT: Amicus Curiae Brief in Newsom v. Trump DATE: September 8, 2025 RECOMMENDATION Retroactively authorize the City Attorney to join in an Amicus Curiae brief drafted by the Public Rights Project on behalf of local government entities in support of Plaintiffs in Newsom v. Trump. (Case No. 25-3727 [U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit].) The amicus brief supports California’s effort to protect the state from the unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles. BACKGROUND Newsom v. Trump is a case brought by Governor Newsom to challenge the legality of the deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles. The District Court granted a temporary restraining order enjoining this deployment. The federal government filed an appeal and has asked the Court of Appeal to stay the restraining order. Governor Newsom and Amicus Curiae request the Court of Appeal to deny the stay. The Amicus brief focuses on arguments under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It also argues that deployment of military to police local protests interferes with...
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Letter from the Public

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The document is a letter from Ruth Callahan addressed to the City Clerk of San Jose, expressing opposition to an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit related to TDS (presumably referring to a political issue). Callahan argues that the brief is harmful to the city budget and criticizes the city's Sanctuary City status, urging the return of federal funds to taxpayers. She also calls for the restoration of Title IX protections for women. The letter is dated September 2, 2025.

Key points
  • Ruth Callahan opposes the amicus brief supporting TDS lawsuit.
  • She believes the brief is harmful to the city budget.
  • Callahan criticizes the city's Sanctuary City status.
  • She urges the return of federal dollars to taxpayers.
  • Callahan calls for the restoration of Title IX protections for women.
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  • The document contains placeholders and unresolved sections, such as the case name and details regarding the legal conference.

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Gh Outlook FW: Amicus brief supporting TDS lawsuit From City Clerk <city.clerk@sanjoseca.gov> Date Tue 9/2/2025 10:20 AM To Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas <rulescommitteeagenda@sanjoseca.gov>; Agendadesk <Agendadesk@sanjoseca.gov> U 1 attachment (817 KB) Screenshot_20250902_091522_Chrome,jpg; From: Ruth Callahan Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 9:28 AM To: City Clerk <city.clerk@sanjoseca.gov> Cc: Foley, Pam <Pam.Foley@sanjoseca.gov>; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan <mayor@sanjoseca.gov>; CAO Main <cao.main@sanjoseca.gov> Subject: Amicus brief supporting TDS lawsuit [External Email. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. Learn more] Please record this letter into the city record. | dont support this Amicus brief in support of the extreme TDS the city staff is suffering. lts harmful to the city budget to engage in a foolish and futile exercise for your DNC machine posturing. The Citizens of this city are not persuaded by the DNC hysteria of your protestations that this is the end of democracy. The American citizens voted for this administration's agenda. Please end your Sanctuary City status and return our federal dollars to the taxpayers. Who gave...