Trump Action Archive

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• Stephen Miller calls Immergut ruling "legal insurrection" — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller denounced Judge Immergut's ruling as "legal insurrection," using inflammatory language that analysts worry could incite violence against the judiciary.
• Trump attacks Judge Immergut and misidentifies her sex — After Judge Immergut's ruling blocking national guard deployment, Trump publicly attacked her, telling reporters "I wasn't served well by the people who pick judges" (despite having nominated her himself), and misidentified her sex, saying "That judge ought to be ashamed of himself." Trump falsely claimed Portland was "burning to the ground."

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• Federal judge blocks national guard deployment to Portland — US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a restraining order on Saturday blocking the Trump administration from deploying federalized national guard troops to Portland, Oregon. The judge, nominated by Trump, agreed with Oregon's assertion that deploying national guard troops would likely inflame rather than calm protests, similar to effects observed in 2020.
• Judge Immergut blocks Oregon National Guard deployment — U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a ruling blocking the deployment of federalized Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. She declared that "the President's determination" that law enforcement could not execute the laws of the United States "was simply untethered to the facts." Immergut wrote that the nation is "a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law" and warned that the administration's arguments "risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation."
• Temporary restraining order ruling — Oregon v. Trump (D. Or.) 3:25-cv-01756 — District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Sept. 28 memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. In granting the TRO, the court found that the administration likely exceeded its authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406 and violated the Tenth Amendment. On Oct. 5, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint adding the State of California and moved for a second temporary restraining order after the administration ordered the deployment of the California National Guard to Oregon under the same authority, seeking to circumvent the initial order. Judge Immergut quickly granted the second TRO, extending her order to prohibit the deployment of any federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon, regardless of their state origin. The administration has announced it intends to appeal both decisions.
• Federal judge temporarily blocked National Guard deployment to Oregon — Federal Judge Karin Immergut temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon, writing that the president and his officials "have made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation." In response, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tweeted that the decision amounted to "legal insurrection" and claimed that the refusal of Portland and Oregon law enforcement to cooperate with ICE officials is "an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers."
• Federal judge blocks Trump administration national guard deployment to Portland — US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying 200 federalized Oregon National Guard members to Portland. Trump had announced the deployment on September 27, citing unrest at an ICE office. Oregon's attorney general filed suit, arguing the deployment would violate the Constitution and federal law prohibiting military enforcement of domestic law. The judge agreed the deployment would likely inflame rather than calm protests, contradicting the administration's characterization of Portland as a war zone when recent protests had been "sedate" with fewer than a dozen participants.
• Judge Immergut issues emergency order blocking federalized National Guard deployment — Both California and Oregon requested that Judge Immergut stop the Trump administration from circumventing her initial ruling by deploying California National Guard troops to Oregon. On Sunday evening, Judge Immergut held an emergency hearing on the deployment and issued an order forbidding the deployment of any federalized National Guard troops from any state to Oregon for 14 days.
• Federal judge blocked military deployment to Portland — U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled that the Trump administration failed to satisfy legal requirements to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon. The judge wrote that the order was necessary to preserve America's "longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach, especially in the form of military intrusion into civil affairs." The judge found the President's determination "simply untethered to the facts" and "not conceived in good faith," noting the administration risked blurring the line between civil and military federal power.
• Judge Immergut broadened order blocking National Guard deployments nationwide — Judge Immergut broadened her order to block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops from any state or DC to Oregon, and told Justice Department lawyers that Trump's effort to do so was "in direct contravention" of her decision. The ruling came after Trump tried to send hundreds of California National Guard troops to Oregon, and another 400 members of the Texas National Guard to cities including Portland and Chicago.
• Federal judge blocks Trump administration deployment of national guard to Oregon — US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying federalized California national guard troops to Portland, Oregon. The order, effective until at least October 19, came hours after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he would sue President Trump over the planned deployment. The judge found no evidence that recent protests necessitated the deployment and questioned how federalizing out-of-state guard units would not violate her prior day's order blocking Oregon's own guard deployment to Portland.
• — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay of District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut's Oct. 4 Temporary Restraining Order blocking the Sept. 28 memorandum authorizing the federalization of the Oregon National Guard. Because the Oregon National Guard had already been federalized, the court said, the “administrative stay will best preserve the status quo” while the appeal is pending. Today's order does not address the underlying merits or Judge Immergut's further Oct. 5 order , which prevents the deployment of out-of-state National Guard troops to Oregon.

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• Rep. Eli Crane drafts impeachment articles against Judge Engelmayer — Representative Eli Crane announced he is drafting articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer. Crane accuses the judge of judicial overreach after Engelmayer ruled against the Department of Government Ethics (DOGE), allegedly preventing White House employees from accessing systems they oversee. Crane claims this is a partisan abuse of judicial power and a threat to democracy.

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• Elon Musk and Tom Cotton attack judge over DOGE records — Elon Musk and Senator Tom Cotton criticized a judge who temporarily blocked DOGE employees from accessing sensitive Treasury records. Cotton labeled the judge an "outlaw" and suggested he should be barred from hearing future cases against the Trump administration. This attack on the judiciary highlights ongoing tensions between the administration and the courts.
• Elon Musk calls for impeachment of federal judge blocking DOGE access to treasury records — On 9 February, after federal judge Paul Engelmayer blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of sensitive and personal treasury records, billionaire Elon Musk baselessly accused the judge of being a "corrupt judge protecting corruption" on X and called for his impeachment. Musk, who donated close to $300 million to Trump's campaign, has approximately 200 million followers on the platform. Trump subsequently echoed these attacks.