Federal judge extends order blocking Trump’s National Guard deployment in Oregon

A federal judge on Oct. 15 extended her order preventing President Donald Trump from deploying members of the Oregon National Guard to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Portland. Responding to a lawsuit filed by Oregon, Judge Karin … Continue reading Federal judge extends order blocking Trump’s National Guard deployment in Oregon

Supreme Court won’t hear Project Veritas challenge to state law blocking secret recording

The Supreme Court has decided against hearing an investigative journalism organization’s First Amendment-based challenge to a decades-old Oregon law prohibiting most secret recordings of oral conversations. Undercover journalism group Project Veritas had argued that the state’s conversational privacy statute violated … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear Project Veritas challenge to state law blocking secret recording

Federal appeals court seems sympathetic to Trump’s bid for National Guard deployment in Oregon

A federal appeals court on Oct. 9 seemed sympathetic to President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to deal with violence directed at federal immigration facilities, while hearing arguments in a case brought against the … Continue reading Federal appeals court seems sympathetic to Trump’s bid for National Guard deployment in Oregon