A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had sued Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”

California Gov. Newsom said the ruling by Judge Charles Breyer was a "check" on President Trump, "whose authoritarian tendencies are increasing by the day."