Appeals court allows command of Oregon National Guard to Portland, deployment blocked for now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : She reiterated Immergut's finding that federal law is clear - that the president must be unable "at the present moment" to execute federal laws before placing state National Guard troops under federal control.
56% : " "Partisans who cheer this President's use of troops to protect personnel who are enforcing federal immigration laws would do well to consider whether they would be equally pleased if a future President uses troops to protect personnel who are enforcing laws that they vehemently dislike," Graber wrote.
55% : " The two Trump-nominated judges on the panel, Bridget S. Bade and Ryan D. Nelson, found that the federal government is likely to succeed in its argument that there was a "threat of rebellion" outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, one of the criteria required for the president to obtain control of Oregon National Guard troops.
52% : "There is no evidence of organization or leadership, widespread use of arms, ferocity, or difficulty exerting control by ordinary means," Graber wrote.
50% : Trump in the post described Portland as "war ravaged.
50% : Graber said no assessment of the facts on the ground in Portland nor the law "can justify a conclusion that an emergency existed" when Trump authorized the Oregon mobilization.
50% : " On Oct. 4, Immergut granted her first temporary restraining order barring Trump from sending the Oregon troops to Portland.
50% : The federal government appealed to the 9th Circuit -- and the next morning, Trump sent about 200 California National Guard members to Portland and planned to send Texas National Guard members to Portland as well.
50% : She said she still would urge Trump to send the National Guard members home.
49% : She found that the Trump administration lacked any legal justification to mobilize troops, noting no threat of rebellion exists in Portland, that local police can handle the protests at the ICE building and federal officers are still able to enforce federal laws with "regular forces.
42% : Over the next two months, there have been sporadic arrests during protests attracting about a few dozen people at a time, but the demonstrations picked up after Trump's troop mobilization.
30% : The Oregon attorney general's office scrambled to file an amended lawsuit adding the state of California as a plaintiff against the Trump administration and an emergency motion to block the out-of-state troops from federal service in Portland.

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