"Immergut, a Trump nominee, concluded that the administration had no legal authority to intervene, since civilian law enforcement could handily manage the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests on its own. Her ruling largely turned on credibility: Oregon said its own police had the situation under control; the Justice Department claimed the city was in the grip of a violent emergency. Immergut found Oregon far more believable, dismissing many of the government's assertions as exaggerations or worse."
"On this week's main show, California Attorney General Rob Bonta made a passionate case for why we don't trust Fox News, we don't trust videos from years ago, we don't trust mere assertions-the way we sort through all this is in court, where that is cordoned off and the judge just looks at the facts. That's what happened here. We don't have time to talk about every single claim that the Justice Department made that was blown up as bogus."
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration's attempt to federalize and deploy the National Guard to Portland. Immergut determined the administration lacked legal authority because civilian law enforcement could manage the anti-ICE protests. The ruling depended on credibility assessments: Oregon officials reported control of the situation, while the Justice Department depicted a violent emergency. Immergut found Oregon's account more credible and characterized many government assertions as exaggerations or worse. Commentary noted the ruling as a detailed rebuttal of government testimony and emphasized courts as the forum for sorting contested factual claims.
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