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California Governor Gavin Newsom stated this past Sunday that he is suing President Trump over the reported sending of 300 California state guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” the governor said during a press announcement. “This administration is blatantly undermining the rule of law itself and enacting their harmful rhetoric – defying legal directives and treating the judiciary, even those appointed by the President himself, as adversaries.”

Legal Background and Federal Ruling

This planned court challenge follows a judicial order that blocked the Trump administration from sending the Oregon national guard to Portland. The federal judge agreed with assertions that it would inflame rather than reduce unrest in the city.

The judge said in her order, which delays sending the troops until at least October 18, that there was a lack of evidence that the recent protests in the city warranted the action.

Local Authorities React

The senior deputy attorney, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, noted that there had been an absence of violent incidents against immigration officials for several months and that the latest demonstrations were “sedate” in the days before the chief executive declared the metropolis to be a conflict area, occasionally including less than twelve demonstrators.

“This isn’t about public safety, it’s about power,” Newsom declared. “Legal action will be our response, but the public cannot stay silent in the presence of such dangerous and dictatorial behavior by the President of the United States.”

Oregon Attorney General Weighs In

Via a public comment online, the state's attorney general said that the government is “quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action.

“The President is clearly intent on using the armed forces in U.S. urban centers, without proof or justification to do so,” his statement said. “Our responsibility and the legal system to ensure accountability. That’s what we intend to do.”

National and State Reaction

The guard's representatives referred questions to the Department of Defense. A official representative declined to comment. There was no quick reply from the White House.

Broader Background

The news from the state came just a 24 hours after Trump approved the sending of national guard troops to Chicago, the latest in a succession of comparable actions across several US states.

Trump had first announced the initiative on 27 September, stating he was “authorizing full force, should it be required” despite appeals from state authorities and the state’s congressional delegation, who reported there had been a one, uneventful demonstration outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Past Background

Over a long period, Trump has emphasized the storyline that the city is a “war-ravaged” city with activists participating in unrest and illegal activities.

In his initial presidency in 2020, he dispatched federal forces to the metropolis amid the demonstrations over the murder by police of a citizen in Minneapolis. The demonstrations extended across the United States but were particularly intense in that city. Even with demonstrations against immigration officials being fairly limited in the state recently, the President has used them as a justification to send personnel.

Speaking on X about the recent action from the President, Newsom commented: “It’s appalling. It is contrary to our principles, and action is needed to halt it.”