On Sunday, Governor Gavin News said that he intends to apply for a court order in an attempt to stop the deployment of President Trump of the National Guard in Oregon.
The name of the president “exciting abuse” of the authorities said in her statement that they would introduce into Portland, the city under which the president called, 300 employees of the National Guard of California were deployed. “Destroyed War.”
“They are already on the way now,” News told the National Guard. “This is exciting abuse of law and power.”
Trump's movement occurred a day after the federal judge in Oregon Temporarily blocked Federalization of the National Guard of the State. Constitutional law experts said that the deployment of the California National Guard into Oregon, without the consent of the governor of any state, was the president’s obvious effort to circumvent the decision of the judge on Saturday.
“This is an egregious attempt to get around the judge [Karin] Immorta order, ”said Elizabeth Goytein, senior director of the Freedom and National Security Program of the Brennan Center. “Her decision makes it very clear that there is no legal grounds for the deployment of troops of federal national guard in Oregon.”
Such an action without a precedent, said Jessica Levinson, professor of law at Law School Loyola.
“I cannot recall the historical analogue where we have the president – against the will of local elected officials – sending the federal national guard from state and to state B,” she said.
Trump, who in June mobilized the California National Guard among immigration protests in Los -Andheles, continued the use of the military in cities, including Chicago and Washington, which caused indignation among democratic officials in these jurisdictions.
He says that the intervention is necessary for Fight crime. Local leaders, including Portland, said that the actions are unnecessary and Without a legal excuse.
“The Trump administration does not contribute to the very supremacy of the law and brings its dangerous words – ignoring the orders of the court and treats the judges, even those who are appointed president himself, as political opponents,” News said.
The federal lawyer who made a decision in Oregon, Judge Immort, was appointed Trump for his first term.
In June, Newsom and California Atty. General Rob Bont filed a federal lawsuit Above the mobilization of Trump of the National Guard of the state during immigration protests in Los -Angeles. California officials are expected to submit an order of the court during Sunday deployment in Oregon, using this existing claim that continues.
According to Levinson, if the last legal task of California cannot be extensive consequences. “I think you could see the Trump administration repeating this specific scheme in other states,” she said.
The representative of the Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request about the comment.
Portland is a new focus
In recent weeks, Portland has regular protests in Portland near the US immigration and customs building. But these demonstrations in the city almost 650,000 were much smaller and less destructive than, for example, protests there In the summer of 2020Field
Immergut noted the scale of recent demonstrations, saying that they do not justify the use of federal forces and that their deployment can damage Oregon sovereignty.
Gothein said that it is clear that the conditions described in detail in the Immergut order to deploy the National Guard troops were not met by the Trump administration. “So he does, illegally, under her opinion,” Gotinin said.
Oregon Atti. General Dan Rayfield on Sunday stated in his statement that the state did not need military force and does not want it. He said that the Oregon “evaluates our options and is preparing for the lawsuit” after the study of Trump sends the troops of the National Guard of California to the state.
“This president, obviously, is damn about the military in American cities, the lack of facts or powers for this,” Rayfield said. “We and the courts must hold him accountable. This is what we are going to do. ”
Gothein added that the Trump administration can try to “pull it quickly”, because only the Navigon National Guard of the state is mentioned in the temporary prohibitive order, because at that time it was forces. This can give a cover of the White House, if only briefly, send California employees to the northern neighbor.
“But [Immergut’s] An opinion, if you read all the 31st page, will leave absolutely no doubt that it is illegal to expand any federal forces of the National Guard in Portland, ”Gityin said, adding that the court“ can absolutely and should clarify its order and clarify that if Trump will deploy any federal national guard in Portland, it will be a violation of the court order ”.
She added that if any other trial tries to make a “trick” similar to this in court, they will “hit very quickly” and, possibly, authorized.
Trump appealed the decision of the judge at the end of Saturday.
Voltage in California
Since protesters filled the streets of LA in June to demonstrate federal raids to ensure compliance with immigration, Trump Expanded almost 2000 Members of the National Guard to the city without the consent of the governor.
If not for the National Guard, Trump said that “Los -Angels would be completely destroyed.”
But local and state leaders criticized this step as unreasonable escalation. And Times reported that many guards have little to do and seemed boring On the assignment.
A few days after the guard was deployed, Newsom and Bonta filed a lawsuit. Last month, the federal judge decided that the use of the president of soldiers and naval infantrymen of the National Guard in Los -Andheles was illegal, but he allowed 300 to stay here to stay until they ensure compliance with civil laws. The Trump administration appealed the decision.
According to the representative of the governor, the same 300 soldiers were in Portland on Sunday.
“It's not about public security, but about power,” said News. “The Commander -in -Chief uses the American military as political weapons against American citizens. We will take this struggle to the court, but the public cannot be silent in the face of such a reckless and authoritarian behavior of the President of the United States. ”
In recent days, the governor won his rhetoric about Trump: on Friday, Newsom was attacked by universities that could sign the president Higher education is compactWhich requires the right -wing campus policy in exchange for priority federal funding.
“I need to put pressure at this moment and the pressure test where we are in the history of the United States, and not just in the history of California,” News said. “This is all. We are losing this country. ”
Associated Press contributed to this report.