Oregon judge blocks troops from other states in Portland
Karin Immergut, who temporarily blocked the Oregon National Guard deployment Saturday, expanded the nationwide restriction Sunday night.
National Guard members in DC.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued an order late Sunday temporarily banning the deployment of the California National Guard to Portland. The judge had halted the dispatch of Oregon’s own troops to the city last Saturday but extended the measure nationwide following the Trump administration’s announcement that it would send military personnel from California.
According to the emergency temporary restraining order issued by Immergut, Trump’s initiative is “illegal and unconstitutional,” prompting her to halt it temporarily. “It appears to violate both 10 U.S.C. §12406 and the Tenth Amendment,” the judge — nominated to the post by Trump in 2018 — said, according to Adam Klasfeld of AllRise News.
DOJ announces it will appeal the order
In addition, Immergut questioned DOJ attorney Eric Hamilton about the federal administration’s new attempts to continue moving troops to Portland. “How is it possible that bringing in the federalized California National Guard doesn’t directly contravene the restraining order I issued yesterday? You are an officer of the court. Aren’t the defendants circumventing my order?” she asked.
The Justice Department announced it would appeal the ruling, saying the president “retains the authority under federal law to deploy National Guard forces in cases of domestic disturbance.”
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