Oregon Seeks White House Records in Trump National Guard Deployment Case

Portland mayor focuses on safety in face of potential federal troop deployment to city

A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has still not ruled on whether to allow President Trump to deploy federalized members of the National Guard to Portland.During a hearing last Thursday, two of the three judges appeared skeptical with the state of Oregon’s claim that the largely peaceful protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland did not meet the conditions for President T…

Hearing set that could extend pause on troop deployment in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A federal court has set a hearing to decide whether or not to extend the temporary restraining order preventing troops from being deployed to Portland. Then hearing will be held by telephonic conference 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to a scheduling order issued by U.S. District of Oregon Judge Karin Immergut. Willamette River’s witch-themed paddleboarding event remains on hiatus According to court documents, both par…

How Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Standing Up to Trump

Donald Trump wants the world to think that Portland is a veritable hell-on-earth-so scary and out of control that the National Guard needs to step in and bring peace.

Kristof: Mr. President, just leave Portland alone

PORTLAND, Ore. — “Portland is burning to the ground,” President Donald Trump warns, and he has helpfully explained that it is a “war-ravaged” hellscape where even the mayor and governor are “petrified for their lives.” Trump purports to be trying to rescue us Oregonians by dispatching National Guard troops to use “full force if necessary” against the “enemy from within.” So what explains the gulf between Trump’s rhetoric and the reality? Why did…

Oregon seeks White House records in Trump National Guard deployment case

As the state of Oregon and the Trump administration await a ruling from a federal appeals court on whether the president can send Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, each side is at odds about how the state’s underlying lawsuit should proceed.

Can President Trump Deploy The National Guard To Portland Or Chicago? – Manhattan Contrarian

"I frankly can’t see how the injunctions of Judges Immergut and Perry are not going to get completely reversed, whether by the respective Courts of Appeal or by the Supremes."