Overview
- By a 2–1 vote, a Ninth Circuit panel vacated one Oregon restraining order and said it is likely the president lawfully invoked 10 U.S.C. §12406(3) to federalize the Guard.
- The panel’s ruling leaves a second order intact that bars mobilization in Portland, and a judge has triggered a vote on en banc review with briefs due by Wednesday night.
- In Illinois, the Seventh Circuit left a district court block in place, and Illinois and Chicago asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the administration’s emergency bid as a temporary order nears its Thursday expiration.
- Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says roughly 200 Oregon Guard members at Camp Rilea and about 200 California Guard members at Camp Withycombe remain federally activated but idle with no clear mission or timeline.
- Opposition from state and local leaders continues, senators have sought a Defense Department inspector general review of deployments, and the cases are positioned for potential Supreme Court resolution.