"At some point this year, you've probably seen President Trump send troops into Democratically led cities against the wishes of state and local officials. Then he set his sights on Portland, Oregon to quell a longstanding protest outside of an ICE facility even though in the days leading up to the order, fewer than 20 people were participating in the protest each night. As of right now, there's only about a dozen protesters."
"What do these protests look like? One hop this time. How ridiculous, the notion that we are violent. Federal officers describe these protests as low energy. And how was Portland affected by these small protests? And so Portland sued President Trump. And last week, a federal judge appointed by Trump himself blocked the use of the Oregon National Guard. The judge said President Trump's decision was untethered to facts and likely violated the Constitution."
President Trump ordered federal forces and the National Guard into Portland to suppress a small protest outside an ICE facility. Nightly participation often numbered fewer than twenty and later about a dozen protesters. A federal judge appointed by Trump blocked use of the Oregon National Guard, finding the president's decision untethered to facts and likely unconstitutional. The president sent National Guardsmen from California to continue the deployment, prompting the judge to hold an emergency hearing and bar use of National Guard members from any state. The legal rulings curtailed the contested deployments and raised questions about executive overreach and constitutional limits.
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