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the majority said, rejecting Oregon’s argument that Trump’s assessment of the protest situation in Portland was out-of-date and not made in good faith.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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