On Monday, a federal appeals court said President Trump may deploy the National Guard across Oregon.
The 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit lifts a lower court order halting Trump’s deployment of National Guard members while the administration’s appeal is resolved.
Another order from the lower court blocking Trump’s takeover of Oregon’s National Guard, which the appeals court previously lifted temporarily, will remain as such.
“Rather than reviewing the President’s determination with great deference, the district court substituted its own determination of the relevant facts and circumstances,” the unsigned order read.
Oregon officials sued over Trump’s National Guard takeover last month after the president vowed to protect the “war-ravaged” city and its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices he said were “under siege.”
At Trump’s direction, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on Sept. 28 authorizing the federalization and deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members, despite Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s (D) objection.
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