Conrad Wilson
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107 appearances
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1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 13 Jun
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Emmergen concluded there was some violence in June, but local law enforcement could handle it.
In the months since, the judge said demonstrations have been predominantly peaceful.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
What a majority of the panel concluded is that the district court judge had essentially substituted her judgment
for the president's judgment in an inappropriate way.
The decision overturns one of two temporary restraining orders issued by a lower court judge blocking the federalization and deployment of the National Guard to Oregon.
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, says the majority of the appeals court found the president's authority shouldn't be questioned over concerns such as an inability to carry out federal law.
In a dissenting opinion, an appeals court judge warned the majority was eroding constitutional protections, such as the right to protest the government and state sovereignty.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
The decision overturns one of two temporary restraining orders issued by a lower court judge blocking the federalization and deployment of the National Guard to Oregon.
Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, says the majority of the appeals court found the president's authority shouldn't be questioned over concerns such as an inability to carry out federal law.
In a dissenting opinion, an appeals court judge warned the majority was eroding constitutional protections, such as the right to protest the government and state sovereignty.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
The Justice Department argues the president has sweeping authority to federalize and deploy the Guard over Oregon Governor Tina Kotek's objections.
Trump wants 200 federalized National Guard members to help protect a U.S.
immigration facility in Portland.
Federal law allows the president to deploy the National Guard if there's an invasion, a rebellion, or if the president cannot enforce federal laws with regular forces.
But the limitations of that authority were fiercely debated during this hearing.
Attorneys with the state of Oregon and city of Portland acknowledged occasional violence at some ICE building protests, but argued that sending in the military is an overreach of executive power.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
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