Attorney General Rayfield and Governor Kotek say Oregon has no rebellion or unrest to justify President Trump’s federal order deploying 200 National Guard troops.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Sunday that the state has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging that President Donald Trump unlawfully ordered the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members for federal law enforcement duties.
The lawsuit, which was filed jointly by the State of Oregon and the City of Portland in U.S. District Court, challenges the legal basis of the federal order. It names President Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and their respective departments as defendants.
In a statement, Rayfield said the deployment is not based on any legitimate threat but is instead “about the President flexing political muscle under the guise of law and order.”
Edited: the commenter I was responding to was wrong, and I didn’t fact-check, either.
I agree, butI can also see it from the “why bother” angle. If a federal lawsuit can get appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, then Trump will almost certainly win anyway. Theater is much cheaper and quicker.Again, though, you’re right.No, they are not. There was a lawsuit. They just made a post without actually doing any work to validate their claims in hopes nobody else would either. It was a lazy shitpost.
Thank you for the clarification