US judge rules Trump illegally ordered National Guard to Portland, Oregon

Trump Suffers ‘Double Legal Blow’ Limiting Executive Power

President Trump is confronting a series of legal and political setbacks that could constrain executive power and complicate ongoing prosecutions linked to questionable appointments. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to rehear the dispute over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon. The move follows a divided three-judge panel’s decision to […]

Judge rules Trump administration failed to meet legal requirements for deploying National Guard to Portland

The federal judge found that though the president is entitled to “great deference” on whether to call up the Guard, he did not establish that there was danger of rebellion

Judge permanently blocks National Guard deployments to Portland for ICE protests

PORTLAND, Ore. — President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office there, a federal judge ruled Friday, issuing a permanent block on troop deployments to the city in response to anti-ICE demonstrations.

Stephanie Grace: Trump is in no hurry to deploy National Guard to Louisiana's cities

Columnist Stephanie Grace has a theory for why President Donald Trump is in no rush to send National Guard to New Orleans and other Louisiana cities: It's because he wouldn't get the confrontation he's gotten elsewhere. Put another way: We bore him.

Trump-Nominated Federal Judge: President Cannot Use National Guard in Portland

A federal judge who was nominated to the bench by Donald Trump in 2018 has permanently blocked the president from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon.