Legal Showdown: Federal Court to Decide on Trump's National Guard Deployment in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon will hold a hearing regarding President Trump's efforts to deploy National Guard troops in Portland. The legal battle centers on the authority of the President in such deployment and state's rights. The Justice Department will argue to lift a previous order blocking the deployment.

A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, is set to hold a crucial hearing this Friday as part of a legal struggle surrounding President Donald Trump's attempt to deploy National Guard troops to the city. This follows an appeals court's recent decision suggesting the President likely possesses the authority for this action.

This ruling temporarily suspended the judge's original instruction, which blocked Trump from controlling Oregon's National Guard, although it didn't affect the order stopping troop deployments from other states like California and Texas. Democratic-led states and cities are legally challenging the President's rare utilization of military forces in urban areas.

Justice Department attorneys seek to overturn Judge Karin Immergut's second order, aiming to proceed with the deployment especially after an appeals court overturned her initial stance. Oregon opposes this move, maintaining that the deployment is illegal and infringes upon federal laws and state rights, ahead of a larger panel review set for late October.

(With inputs from agencies.)