Federal Appeals Court Backs Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Portland, Concluding Valid Basis for Deployment

A federal appeals court panel has backed President Donald Trump’s authority to send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, concluding that though the president’s claims on social media “may exaggerate” the violence in the city, he may still have had a valid basis for the deployment.

The 2-1 ruling, endorsed by two Trump appointees to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, is the latest win for Trump’s effort to deploy the military into cities across the country over the fierce objections of state and local leaders. Trump has cited violence outside immigration facilities as a basis for the deployments, saying it has impeded his ability to enforce the law, but governors and mayors say there has been minimal unrest and Trump is using largely peaceful protests as a pretext to expand his power.

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