State News Updates

State News Updates
The revolving case of the 9th Circuit decisions about Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland,

On Monday, the 9th circuit court of appeals overturned the rulling by a lower court, backing Trump’s authority to send National Guard troops into Portland, paving the way for deployment. The appeals court concluded that although the president’s claims on social media “may exaggerate” the violence in the city, he may still have had a valid basis for the deployment. The majority opinion said that “After considering the record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority,”

On Friday, the appeals court decided it wanted more time to decide whether to rehear arguments on the matter. An appeals court ruling that Oregon National Guard troops can be sent into Portland is on hold, as judges take a closer look at the matter. The ruling is on hold, as judges take a closer look at the matter.

The Supreme Court a is already considering a similar dispute where a federal appeals court kept in place a block on deployment of the National Guard to the Chicago area.

Sen. Jeff Merkley warns ‘tyranny has arrived’ in marathon floor speech protesting Trump

Sen. Merkley held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes in protest of what he described as President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian” leadership and warning that the republic is facing “the biggest threat” since the Civil War.

On Wednesday morning, the Oregon Democrat said he wanted the public’s takeaway from his comments to be that “tyranny has already arrived. It is not down the street. It is not around the corner. It will not be encountered on the path tomorrow. It is here at this very moment.”