A federal judge extended for two more weeks orders barring President Donald Trump and his administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, but an imminent decision from a higher court could upend them.

Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, in a telephonic hearing on Wednesday extended two temporary restraining orders she first issued on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 that barred Trump first from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland, then from deploying any National Guard troops from any state and the District of Columbia to Portland.

An expedited, three-day trial over the case is scheduled for Oct. 29, despite federal lawyers trying to get the trial moved to “at least” Nov. 20. The state of Oregon and the city of Portland contend Trump violated several laws

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