A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Monday, allowing the Oregon National Guard to deploy to Portland while the case continues.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
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“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
“I urge my colleagues on this court to act quickly to overturn the majority order before the court “Illegal deployments of troops can occur under false pretenses,” she wrote. “Above all, I ask those monitoring this case to keep faith in our justice system a little longer.”
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, asked her colleagues on the Ninth Circuit to vacate the majority opinion in a strong dissent.
“I urge my colleagues on this court to act quickly to overturn the majority order before the court “Illegal deployments of troops can occur under false pretenses,” she wrote. “Above all, I ask those monitoring this case to keep faith in our justice system a little longer.”
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
In a footnote, the majority (which did not sign the opinion) acknowledged a recent ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked President Trump’s attempt to deploy the Guard in Chicago. The Ninth Circuit judges argued that conditions were worse in Portland (where the district court found the protests were fairly small and quiet after their peak earlier in the summer) and “distinguishable” from those in Chicago.
Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, asked her colleagues on the Ninth Circuit to vacate the majority opinion in a strong dissent.
“I urge my colleagues on this court to act quickly to overturn the majority order before the court “Illegal deployments of troops can occur under false pretenses,” she wrote. “Above all, I ask those monitoring this case to keep faith in our justice system a little longer.”
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
It was a 2-1 split, with the two Trump-appointed nominees overturning the district court’s finding that conditions on the ground did not meet the legal requirements for Guard deployment.
In a footnote, the majority (which did not sign the opinion) acknowledged a recent ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked President Trump’s attempt to deploy the Guard in Chicago. The Ninth Circuit judges argued that conditions were worse in Portland (where the district court found the protests were fairly small and quiet after their peak earlier in the summer) and “distinguishable” from those in Chicago.
Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, asked her colleagues on the Ninth Circuit to vacate the majority opinion in a strong dissent.
“I urge my colleagues on this court to act quickly to overturn the majority order before the court “Illegal deployments of troops can occur under false pretenses,” she wrote. “Above all, I ask those monitoring this case to keep faith in our justice system a little longer.”
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Read the ruling here:
It was a 2-1 split, with the two Trump-appointed nominees overturning the district court’s finding that conditions on the ground did not meet the legal requirements for Guard deployment.
In a footnote, the majority (which did not sign the opinion) acknowledged a recent ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked President Trump’s attempt to deploy the Guard in Chicago. The Ninth Circuit judges argued that conditions were worse in Portland (where the district court found the protests were fairly small and quiet after their peak earlier in the summer) and “distinguishable” from those in Chicago.
Judge Susan Graber, a Clinton appointee, asked her colleagues on the Ninth Circuit to vacate the majority opinion in a strong dissent.
“I urge my colleagues on this court to act quickly to overturn the majority order before the court “Illegal deployments of troops can occur under false pretenses,” she wrote. “Above all, I ask those monitoring this case to keep faith in our justice system a little longer.”
Citing the tendency of protesters in Portland to wear inflatable frog costumes (or “nothing at all”), she wrote that the majority’s finding of violence and chaos in Portland could be considered “absurd.”
“But today’s decision is not just absurd. It erodes basic constitutional principles, including sovereign states’ control over their state militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and object to government policies and actions,” she wrote.
She added that even at the height of the protests in Portland, there was little evidence that ICE was unable to do its job. Even if that were the case, she said, allowing the president to deploy troops so long after unrest had given him effective license to do so at any time.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
