A federal appeals court on Oct. 9 seemed sympathetic to President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to deal with violence directed at federal immigration facilities, while hearing arguments in a case brought against the president by the state.
The hearing dealt with the federal government’s emergency appeal of the Oct. 4 order of 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.
Responding to a lawsuit filed by Oregon, Immergut issued a temporary restraining order directing the Trump administration not to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Oregon. A president may take over, or federalize, state National Guard troops on an emergency basis in certain circumstances. The order expires on Oct. 18….
Federal Appeals Court Seems Sympathetic to Trump’s Bid for National Guard Deployment in Oregon
