The legal battle over the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in California continued in a federal appeals court on Tuesday, where a panel of judges indicated they might have only limited power to to rule against the president's power to deploy troops.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco heard arguments Tuesday afternoon on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California after

The Donald Trump administration has maintained that the president has the power to appoint National Guard troops when there is a “rebellion” or “invasion”