Judge extends two restraining orders blocking deployment of National Guard to Oregon

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A judge Wednesday extended her two temporary restraining orders that barred President Donald Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard members - or any National Guard members - to Portland for another two weeks.

Oregon U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut granted the extensions as all sides await a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether her initial temporary restraining order will stand that halted the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to protect Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland.

The judge said she also plans to proceed with an expedited three-day trial on Oct. 29 that will delve into the merits of the state and city’s underlying lawsuit challenging the federal deployment of National Guard troops in Portland.

She said the trial would be limited to the two legal standards that her temporary restraining orders rested on: the federal code’s Title 10, Section 12406, which sets out criteria the president needs to meet in order to place National Guard troops under federal control, and the Tenth Amendment, which protects the state’s sovereign interests and says that powers not delegated to federal officials are reserved “to the States.”

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