A Kanawha County circuit judge has ruled against a lawsuit challenging the governor’s authority to deploy the West Virginia National Guard to Washington, DC. Judge Richard Lindsay denied a preliminary injunction and dismissed the case yesterday afternoon. Governor Patrick Morrisey deployed between three-hundred and four-hundred members of the National Guard in August following a federal crime emergency declaration by President Trump. The judge found that West Virginia law allows the governor to deploy the National Guard outside the state for military duty under these special circumstances.