Overview
- The San Francisco–based Ninth Circuit suspended its own earlier approval and reinstated U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s order blocking about 200 Guard troops from deploying to Portland, with an 11‑judge review to follow on an undetermined date.
- Internal National Guard memos signed Oct. 8 by Maj. Gen. Ronald Burkett outline roughly 500 riot‑control‑trained personnel per state—about 23,500 nationwide—with Pentagon trainers, crowd‑control formations, shields, batons, Tasers and pepper spray.
- The documents set a Jan. 1, 2026 readiness target for the new units and project full strength by 2027, building on President Trump’s August directive to prepare Guard forces for public‑order missions.
- The U.S. Supreme Court requested additional briefs in the Illinois dispute to clarify whether the term “regular forces” refers to the military in assessing presidential power to activate state Guard units, and the Chicago deployment remains blocked.
- Oregon’s attorney general welcomed the appellate ruling, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker condemned the broader plans, Portland’s police chief testified deployments intensified unrest, and a federal judge in Chicago ordered daily reporting by a senior border official after allegations of excessive force at a parade.