Federal judge extends order barring Trump from sending any National Guard troops to Portland
A federal judge extended for two more weeks orders barring President Donald Trump and his administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, but an imminent decision from a higher court could upend them.
Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, in a telephonic hearing on Wednesday extended two temporary restraining orders she first issued on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 that barred Trump first from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland, then from deploying any National Guard troops from any state and the District of Columbia to Portland.
An expedited, three-day trial over the case is scheduled for Oct. 29, despite federal lawyers trying to get the trial moved to “at least” Nov. 20. The state of Oregon and the city of Portland contend Trump violated several laws and the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by attempting to deploy Guard troops to Portland over the objections of state and local elected leaders. Each of these issues deals with the balance of state and federal power — particularly related to authority over policing within states — and the extent of presidential power over the U.S. military.
The federal government submitted no new evidence to Immergut to paint a sense of urgency that Guard were needed at the South Portland Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility, where generally small and peaceful protests have taken place in recent months. Trump has argued that protesters are impeding federal immigration officials from carrying out their orders, and that the city is a “hellscape” and a “war zone.”
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