Federal Appeals Court Allows Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Oregon

A federal appeals court ruled on Oct. 20 that President Donald Trump may deploy National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in Portland, Oregon, while the case works its way through the lower courts.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit voted 2–1 to stay an Oct. 4 order of District Judge Karin J. Immergut of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, who blocked a move by Trump to deploy members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.
The panel, consisting of Circuit Judges Ryan Nelson, Bridget Bade, and Susan Graber, heard oral arguments in the case in San Francisco on Oct. 9…. 

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