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Christina Aguayo News eronspoStda51h32c977ui17223ft5auu9l4m639l648al1ch520lth8092l · #BREAKING The Democrat state of Oregon just SUED to block the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland. #BreakingNews Oregon governor Tina Kotek to President Donald Trump: ‘No need for military troops’ in Portland "There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security, and there is no need for military troops in our major city,” she added." Kotek said Trump's "misuse of power" will escalate "what is under control," interferes with local law enforcement and is expensive for taxpayers, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson "The number of necessary troops is zero," saying that the administration should instead send engineers, teachers or outreach workers to Portland. The facts cannot justify this overreach. While Defendants’ actions appear focused on ongoing protests near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, those protests have been small in recent weeks—typically involving less than thirty people—and the protesters’ activities have not necessitated any arrests since mid-June. But Defendants’ heavy-handed deployment of troops threatens to escalate tensions and stokes new unrest, meaning more of the Plaintiffs’ law enforcement resources will be spent responding to the predictable consequences of Defendants’ action. Defendants’ deployment of troops to Oregon is patently unlawful. Because their stated basis for federalizing members of Oregon’s National Guard is patently pretextual and baseless, Defendants cannot satisfy any of the three prerequisites for involuntarily federalizing a state’s National Guard under 10 U.S.C. § 12406. Defendants’ purpose in federalizing those troops—to integrate them into federal law enforcement activities in Portland—also violates the Posse Comitatus Act. Additionally, Defendants’ actions violate the Tenth Amendment’s guarantee that the police power—including the authority to promote safety at protests and deter violent crime—resides with the states, not the federal government. And by singling out a particular disfavored jurisdiction for political retribution, these actions also eviscerate the constitutional principle that the states’ sovereignty should be treated equally. For these and other reasons discussed below, Defendants’ actions should be declared unlawful and preliminarily and permanently enjoined. Sent with Proton Mail secure email.