Appeals Court Restores Trump Command Over Oregon Guard Troops Amid Deployment Ban

President Donald Trump has regained control over 200 Oregon National Guard troops after a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel temporarily lifted a lower court's order blocking him from federalizing the troops. The court ruled 2-1 that Trump is likely to succeed in his claim of authority to deploy the troops, citing violent protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland as justification under an early 20th-century law. However, a second restraining order from U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut remains in place, preventing immediate deployment of the troops. The Trump administration has requested the dissolution of this second order, arguing that the legal reasoning for both orders is the same and that courts should not interfere with the president's decision to deploy military forces. Oregon's Attorney General Dan Rayfield has vowed to seek a rehearing by a larger appeals court panel to challenge the ruling. The case highlights ongoing legal disputes over presidential authority to federalize National Guard troops amid civil unrest.