Newsom seeks court orders to stop Trump deploying California National Guard to Oregon
Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sunday that he intends to seek court orders to prevent President Trump from deploying the California National Guard to Oregon.
Newsom said in a statement that the president’s actions were “a breathtaking power”, saying 300 California National Guard personnel were deployed to Portland, Oregon, which the president called a “war attack.”
“They are there right now,” Newsom said of the National Guard. “It’s a breathtaking abuse of law and power.”
Trump’s move comes the second day after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the federalization of the Oregon National Guard.
The president mobilized the California National Guard during immigration protests earlier this year, and his pursuit of using the military to combat crime in cities like Chicago and Washington has sparked anger among Democratic officials in these jurisdictions. Local leaders, including those in Portland, said the actions were unnecessary and there was no legal reason.
“The Trump administration is not hesitating to attack the rule of law itself and put it into dangerous remarks – ignoring court orders and treating judges, even judges appointed by the President himself, are political opponents.”
June, Newsom and California Atty. General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit against Trump mobilizing the state’s National Guard during the Los Angeles immigration protests. California officials are expected to use existing lawsuits to file a court order on Sunday’s deployment.
Newsom has made remarks on Trump in recent days: On Friday, the governor slammed universities that may sign the presidential higher education compact, demanding policy changes to the right campus in exchange for priority federal funding.
“I need to put pressure on this moment and stress tests, not just California’s history,” Newsom said. “That’s it. We are losing this country.”
