A federal court’s slapdown of the District of Columbia’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops could have far-reaching implications over the power of the district’s left-leaning government to oppose federal policies.

A panel of the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals kept in place a stay of an injunction blocking the Guard deployment, ruling the federal government was likely to prevail on arguments the district is a creation of Congress with no sovereignty of its own. The district sued the government in September, claiming the presence of the Guard violated a statute granting it “home rule” power over local affairs. 

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