Court Allows Trump to Deploy National Guard to Portland
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
This court decision facilitates the worst of President Trump's excesses, threatening American democracy in the process. Allowing this precedent to stand will let any president deploy troops on U.S. soil for even the most absurd reasons. Consequently, Oregon will utilize every legal mechanism at its disposal to challenge this decision and halt this federal overreach.
Pro-establishment narrative
Portland's leaders have repeatedly failed in their duty to protect their citizens from the radical left's violence and disorder. The Ninth Circuit, therefore, correctly affirmed the president's authority to deploy the National Guard when local officials prove incapable of maintaining order. This action is essential to restoring peace to the city's chaotic streets.
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