Appeals Court Tosses Order Allowing Trump to Deploy National Guard in Oregon

A federal appeals court on Oct. 28 threw out an order allowing President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit also decided to hold an “en banc” hearing in the case known as State of Oregon v. Trump. In federal courts of appeals, en banc means all the judges of the circuit rehear a case. However, the Ninth Circuit has so many members—29 active judges—that it is impractical for all of them to sit together for a rehearing. Instead, the Ninth Circuit will select 11 judges to conduct a limited en banc hearing....