A US ruling will not allow President Donald Trump to bring National Guard Members to the City of Portland, Oregon.
The ruling is the latest in a week-long court battle over whether the President violated federal law when he sent troops to a US city despite objections from local officials.
The troops were prevented from distributing in the town because of a temporary court order. Now, that order is permanent.
The deployment in Portland is one of a series of efforts by the Trump administration to quell protests against major Democratic-led cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington DC.
The decision by US District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, was It’s the first time the Trump administration has been permanently barred from deploying troops to a city.
However, the administration is expected to appeal the decision, however, and the issue may end up before the Supreme Court.
In his ruling against the Trump administration earlier this month, Judge Immergut issued two temporary injunctions. One blocked Trump from moving the Oregon National Guard to Portland, while another, broader order prevented him from sending any troops from any state to Oregon. Trump tried to send forces from California and Texas.
In the 106-page ruling, Judge Immergut said he could not stop the President from using National Guard troops, but said that in Portland “the President did not have a solid basis for the fake national guard”.
He wrote that there is no rebellion or danger of rebellion in which the President should direct the troops.
He also said Trump violated the 10th amendment to the US Constitution, which gives any power not expressly granted to the federal government.
In addition to the ruling that he will leave it to a higher court to set a precedent for when “a president” deploys the military on the streets of American cities “, but that” wherever this line is accurate, the riders have failed to clear it. “
In Oregon, there are competing accounts between state and local officials and the Trump administration about what’s really happening on the ground.
The Department of Justice described the city as “at war” and said there was a violent siege of a Portland immigration denial facility.
“As we have always maintained, President Trump has used his divine authority over Federal Assets and personnel following violent riots that local leaders have not spoken about.
But local officials and many residents of the city say that the violence is not widespread and included by the Portland police.
“This case is about whether we are a Constitutional Law or Martial Law country,” Portland author Caroline Turco said.