Overview
- A divided Ninth Circuit panel voted 2–1 to stay one restraining order, finding the president likely acted lawfully under 10 U.S.C. §12406(3) to federalize the Oregon National Guard.
- A second temporary restraining order remains in effect, so no troops can enter Portland, and Guard units remain staged at Camp Rilea and Camp Withycombe after weeks of training.
- Judge Susan P. Graber dissented and urged en banc review; the Ninth Circuit has called a vote and ordered briefs due by Oct. 22.
- A three-day trial on the merits in the Oregon case is scheduled to begin Oct. 29 in Portland federal court.
- In parallel litigation, Illinois and Chicago asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Chicago deployment, as the Trump administration cited the Ninth Circuit ruling and sought swift relief.