• A federal judge permanently blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Portland.
• The ruling emphasizes President Trump exceeded his authority under federal law.
• Protests in Portland were not sufficient to justify a military response, according to the judge.
• The case could potentially reach the Supreme Court after appeals from the Trump administration.
• Local officials argued the situation was under control and did not warrant military intervention.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, marking a significant blow to his military intervention tactics in response to protests. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a permanent order blocking the deployment after determining that the president exceeded his legal authority, specifically highlighting that "there was neither 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion'" at the time of the president's actions, nor that he was "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States" in Oregon, according to Reuters, BBC, and CBS News.

This decision came after a three-day trial where evidence was presented regarding the protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland. During the court proceedings, it was found that while protests had been volatile in the past, they had largely remained peaceful, with only sporadic instances of violence that did not warrant the deployment of military forces. Immergut described Trump's portrayal of Portland as "war-ravaged" and full of "fires all over the place" as "simply untethered to the facts," as detailed by The Hill, SFGate, and Los Angeles Times.