The full U.S. appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that, for now, allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of state and local leaders.
The panel decided 2-1 that a lower court judge who temporarily blocked the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland had failed to give sufficient deference to Trump¡¯s decision and downplayed acts of violence by people protesting the president¡¯s immigration crackdown.
¡°The evidence the president relied on reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law within a range of honest judgment,¡± the majority said, rejecting Oregon¡¯s argument that Trump¡¯s assessment of the protest situation in Portland was out-of-date and not made in good faith. ¡°We thus conclude that defendants are likely to succeed on the merits of their appeal.¡±
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