A federal judge on Saturday issued an order temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.

In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut pointed to “a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach,” which she said dated back to James Madison and other Founding Fathers.

“This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” Immergut wrote. She said federal officials “have made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.”

Immergut’s order comes amid a pitched debate nationwide over when the deployment of military personnel is appropriate on

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