President Donald Trump's legal problems over deploying National Guard troops to various cities got much worse this week, according to one analyst.
A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday issued an order prohibiting the Trump administration from deploying Oregon's National Guard troops to Portland. The order also stated that the Trump administration lawyers failed to prove there is sufficient reason to deploy the troops, as protests against immigration officials have subsided.
Adam Klasfeld, editor in chief of All Rise News, discussed Trump's latest efforts to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Sunday. Klasfeld argued that a recent ruling from the Ninth Circuit could effectively halt Trump's efforts to deploy troops to other cities and force courts to rule against him in an expedited manner.
"It had been months since there was any sustained level of violent or disruptive protest activity in Portland," Klasfeld said. "During that time frame, there were sporadic events either requiring [the Portland Police Department] monitoring or federal law enforcement intervention, but overall the protests were small and uneventful."
"[The judge] concludes a little bit later, that the president is certainly entitled to a great deal of difference, she says, citing the Ninth Circuit," he continued. "But a great deal of difference is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground."
Klasfeld also argued that the decision could cause other courts to rule against Trump's deployment efforts more quickly going forward.
"What this legal victory for the state of Oregon will do is that it will turbocharge the existing battles," Klasfeld said. "It is showing this is a live issue. It requires urgent adjudication because it's happening right now and the law needs to be clarified."
