"After getting off the phone with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Saturday, the president mused over something that had baffled him about the call. Kotek had been "very nice," said Trump. But she was trying hard to convince him not to send in the National Guard, and that just didn't make any sense to him. "But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'""
"Over the course of about an hour and a half, the court appearance became a strange collision of television and reality, internet posts and statutory provisions. The two sides veered over a wide swath of legal territory - the prongs of Section 12406, the Posse Comitatus Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, irreparable harm. But the formalized structure of the hearing and the stolid, wood-paneled surroundings could not disguise the sheer insanity at the heart of the case."
The president questioned why Oregon's governor urged him not to send the National Guard, asking if televised reports conflicted with reality. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth federalized 200 members of Oregon's National Guard for deployment to Portland, prompting the state to file suit. Oregon and Portland sought a temporary restraining order against the federal action, arguing legal and factual defects. The hearing traversed Section 12406, the Posse Comitatus Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and irreparable harm standards. The dispute centers on deference to executive authority when federalizing the Guard versus apparent executive irrationality in the decision.
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