Judge extends restraining orders blocking Portland National Guard

A federal judge on Wednesday extended two temporary restraining orders that bar President Donald Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, keeping in place a pause on the planned deployment of 200 Oregon Guardsmen to protect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office while appellate and district court proceedings continue. U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut granted the 14 day extension as the parties await a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and prepared for an expedited trial later this month.

Immergut set a three day bench trial to begin Oct. 29 to focus on whether the administration properly relied on federal statute and constitutional limits in federalizing and deploying Guard forces. The judge said the trial will be limited to the two legal standards underlying her restraining orders: Title 10, Section 12406, which sets criteria for placing National Guard troops under federal control, and the 10th Amendment, which protects state sovereignty. She said both sides may call witnesses and urged them to pare back discovery given the expedited schedule, adding she wants to create as robust a record as possible...