Late Sunday night, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut placed a temporary restraining order (TRO) on President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the California National Guard to Portland, OR.
The TRO blocks Trump from deploying any other state’s National Guard to Oregon.
See, Trump wanted to send the California National Guard to Oregon because on Saturday, Immergut placed a TRO on an order to send the Oregon National Guard to Portland.
Immergut’s ruling says that the Trump administration’s action violates federal statute 10 U.S.C. §12406 and the Tenth Amendment.”It appears to violate both 10 U.S.C. §12406 and the Tenth Amendment,” Immergut said during the proceeding, according to reporting from Adam Klasfeld of AllRise News.Immergut also pressed Justice Department attorney Eric Hamilton on why the DOJ continued to pursue troop movements.”How could bringing in federalized National Guard from California not be in direct contravention of the TRO that I issued yesterday?” she asked.”You’re an officer of the court. Aren’t defendants circumventing my order?”Hamilton went on to deny any wrongdoing but did offer a defense to which Immergut pushed back.”You have to have a colorable claim that Oregon conditions warrant deploying the National Guard — you don’t.”
Immergut refused to grant the DOJ’s request for a stay and administrative delay because Trump’s move made it an emergency and no one presented new information to change her mind from Saturday.
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