Appeals court lets Trump deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland

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7. More info from USA Today and Democracy Docket

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 on Oct. 20 that Trump is authorized to deploy troops when "the President is unable with the regular forces to executive the laws of the United States." Judges Ryan Nelson and Bridget Bade, who were both appointed by Trump, said he acted within "a range of honest judgment."

Judge Susan Graber, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton, disagreed. She wrote that Congress authorized calling up the National Guard only to repel a foreign invasion, quell a rebellion or overcome an inability to execute the laws, not to combat protesters in chicken suits and inflatable frog costumes.

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The two judges in the majority said they didn’t agree with Trump’s assessment that Portland was a "war zone" for him to act.

"The dissent erroneously asserts that we 'accept the government’s characterization of Portland as a war zone,'" Nelson and Bade wrote. "Clearly, we do not."

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And from Democracy Docket

Graber encouraged the rest of her colleagues on the Ninth Circuit to “swiftly” vacate Monday’s order “before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur.”

“Above all, I ask those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.”

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More deference my ass! Are these the same two who allowed the Guard into LA?