Federal Appeals Court Poised to Rule on Controversial Portland Troop Deployment
Federal Appeals Court Poised to Rule on Controversial Portland Troop Deployment The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is currently deliberating a high-stakes decision that will determine whether President Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. This comes after a federal judge blocked the administration’s attempts to send troops, citing an overreach of presidential authority. The Trump administration filed an appeal Sunday, arguing that U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief’s military judgments.”…