PORTLAND, Ore. — Elected leaders from 43 states and the District of Columbia have joined the legal fight over the deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon . The states, mainly divided along political lines, filed two separate “friend-of-the-court” briefs Wednesday evening, a day before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in the case.

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A total of 20 conservative-leaning states filed their brief in support of the Trump administration’s mobilization of National Guard troops to Portland. They argued the president has clear authority to federalize and deploy National Guard troops when necessary to enforce federal law or protect federal property, and that courts sh

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