US EditionOregon sues Trump administration over plans to send troops to Portland
Oregon and Portland argue the federal deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act and the Tenth Amendment, challenging the legal authority to federalize 200 National Guard troops.
- On Sunday, Oregon filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s order to federalize 200 National Guard troops and deploy them to Portland, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump posted that he directed troops to "protect war-ravaged Portland" and authorized "Full Force," then Secretary of War Pete Hegseth federalized 200 Oregon National Guard members for 60 days.
- Legal filings say the complaint asserts the federalization breaches the 10th Amendment as policing "resides with the states" and also violates the Posse Comitatus Act and 10 U.S. code 12406.
- Oregon is seeking a temporary restraining order within 24 hours to pause the deployment, and a federal judge will hear arguments Friday morning that could immediately halt troop deployment in Portland, Oregon.
- Amid similar deployments nationwide, the Portland suit follows the Los Angeles injunction by California Governor Gavin Newsom and could shape federal courts’ limits on troop deployments.
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Oregon National Guard deployment into Portland likely pushed 'into the weekend'
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite initial reports of a Thursday arrival, the Oregon Military Department said the 200 National Guard troops’ arrival in Portland will “now push into the weekend.” Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley told media Wednesday the 200 troops are gathered and will camp and train for three to five days in Warrenton. The 200 training are made up of members from two companies— the 1186 Military Police Company from Salem, and the Compan…
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