Appeals court allows President Trump to federalize Oregon National Guard but blocks deployment
An appeals court ruled that President Trump can federalize the Oregon National Guard, but he remains blocked from deploying the troops to the streets.
An appeals court ruled that President Trump can federalize the Oregon National Guard, but he remains blocked from deploying the troops to the streets.
An appeals court ruled that President Trump can federalize the Oregon National Guard, but he remains blocked from deploying the troops to the streets.
President Donald Trump can take command of the Oregon National Guard, but he is still blocked from deploying those troops.
There are two parts to this decision. , but he still can't deploy the troops to the streets just yet.
Earlier this month, a judge issued prohibiting the president from calling up troops to send them to Portland and barring him from sending any National Guard members to Oregon. The indicated that the president was likely to succeed on his claim that he had the authority to federalize the troops based on a determination that he was unable to enforce the laws without them. However, the , preventing any immediate deployment of troops.
The president has been trying to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities for nearly two months.
In a , the to allow him to deploy troops to Chicago.
The Oregon case is tracking toward the Supreme Court as well.
In Tennessee, Democratic elected officials sued on Friday to stop the , arguing that Republican violated the state constitution.
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