Court clears Trump to deploy troops in Portland after violent protests

Name: Court clears Trump to deploy troops in Portland after violent protests
Uploaded: 2025-10-25T12:08:13+00:00
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Channel: New York Post
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00:01Signs of tension overnight Monday in Portland, Oregon, after a ruling from a divided U.S.

00:06appeals court to allow U.S. President Donald Trump to send National Guard troops into the city.

00:11The San Francisco court said it was an appropriate response to protesters who had previously damaged

00:17a federal building and threatened U.S. immigration and customs enforcement officers.

00:22The three-judge panel granted the Justice Department's request to put on hold a previous

00:26judicial order to block the deployment, while a legal challenge to Trump's action plays out.

00:32We're frustrated that so much deference is being given to a president that clearly has no idea what's actually happening on the ground.

00:40I hope that, especially if it's Oregon National Guard that ends up being deployed here, that they understand who's really escalating things here.

00:50I'm a little bit more worried if it ends up being Texas National Guard, because they don't really have that connection

00:55to Oregon or to Portland, but we'll just have to see.

01:01The unsigned majority opinion was joined by two judges appointed by Trump in his first term as Republican president,

01:08while an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton dissented.

01:12While White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson welcomed the ruling,

01:16Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield called for the court to reconsider,

01:20saying the ruling puts America on a dangerous path.

01:23The ruling marks a massive legal victory for Trump,

01:27who has dispatched military forces to Democratic-led cities in California, Oregon, and Illinois.

01:33The National Guard usually answers to state governors.

01:36But Trump has relied on a law that allows a president to deploy the National Guard to repel an invasion,

01:42suppress a rebellion, or to execute the law.

01:45He has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh his authority,

01:48after another U.S. appeals court ruled against the decision to send troops to Chicago.

Court clears Trump to deploy troops in Portland after violent protests

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