California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed Sunday to sue President Donald Trump over his decision to deploy the California National Guard to Oregon to protect federal officers against rioters in Portland.
Newsom’s threat came a day after a Trump-appointed federal judge, Judge Karen Immergut, blocked the president from deploying the Oregon National Guard to stop riots against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Oregon Public Radio reported : “This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” she concluded. “Defendants 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.”
However, as reporter Julie Kelly observed, the Department of Justice had not had an opportunity to respond to