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US federal judge rules Trump unlawfully seized control of Oregon National Guard (www.jurist.org)

submitted 1 week ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/legalnews@lemmy.zip

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A US federal judge in Oregon on Friday evening ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully seized control of state National Guard units to police protests in Portland, issuing a sweeping injunction that sharply curtails the White House’s claimed power to deploy guard troops over a state’s objection.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.146.0_2.pdf

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 20 points 1 week ago

As a US citizen, now punish him for it

As a former enlisted, also punish the national guard members who followed orders they had reason to believe were illegal

[–] Exeous@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Consequences? Not have any ever

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

ah, trump forcing himself upon people. wouldn't have imagined a seasoned felon getting into such practices

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

So what?