You can feel it, can’t you? That nagging sense that the country you grew up in is being deliberately dismantled. Every night brings another video of some city you once admired being overrun by shrieking radicals who seem to hate America, its laws, and its history.
Patriots watch this unfold and ask a simple question: Is anyone in charge? When you see local leaders effectively side with the mob, it’s easy to think the bad guys have already won. But then, a little bit of beautiful, legal sanity breaks through.
From the CBS News:
A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to mobilize and deploy members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland while a legal challenge moves forward.
A divided panel of three judges on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to freeze a lower court order that had blocked the Trump administration from sending Oregon National Guard troops to Portland to protect federal immigration personnel and property.
And get this: that legal smackdown didn’t come from some friendly court in Texas. It came from the belly of the beast itself: the notoriously liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In a stunning decision, the court handed President Donald Trump a massive legal victory, greenlighting his plan to deploy the National Guard to finally clean up Portland, Oregon. The ruling confirms what every sensible American already knew: the President has the power to enforce the law, especially when local politicians won’t.
A Necessary Stand Against Anarchy
Let’s be clear about what was happening in Portland. This wasn’t a “mostly peaceful protest.” It was a sustained campaign of leftist anarchy. Violent mobs laid siege to a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months. The violence got so bad, according to reports, that the building had to be shut down for weeks.
President Trump saw the chaos for what it was, calling out the “Antifa and other domestic terrorists” trying to burn down a “war ravaged” city. While the media had a collective meltdown over his rhetoric, the President was preparing to do his job. The 9th Circuit’s ruling validated his assessment, slapping down a lower court for ignoring the “violent and disruptive events” that made federal action unavoidable.
Upholding a President’s Constitutional Duty
Naturally, Oregon’s Democrat officials fought tooth and nail to stop the feds from restoring order. State Attorney General Dan Rayfield wailed that the President’s plan would put America on a “dangerous path.” This is truly galaxy-brained logic: the danger isn’t the mob trying to destroy a federal building, but the President who dares to stop them.
The 9th Circuit, thankfully, dealt in law, not leftist talking points. Citing a federal statute known as Title 10, the two Trump-appointed judges in the majority affirmed the President’s authority to federalize the Guard when our laws cannot be executed by normal means. The White House put it perfectly: “President Trump is exercising his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel following violent riots that local leaders have refused to address.” That’s not tyranny. It’s called leadership.
The Left’s Legal Obstruction Fails
In a last-ditch effort, a lower court judge—a Trump appointee, which just goes to show that personnel is policy, and sometimes you still get a dud—had issued two separate orders to block the deployment. It was a transparent legal ploy meant to tie the President’s hands with red tape while the city burned.
The appeals court saw right through the charade. The judges declared that both of the lower court’s ridiculous orders “rise or fall together,” effectively incinerating the left’s entire obstructionist strategy. Their flimsy arguments simply couldn’t stand up to the Constitution.
This ruling is far more than a simple legal victory. It is a win for every American who is sick and tired of watching our cities descend into chaos. It is a powerful affirmation that we have a President who will not hesitate to use his constitutional authority to defend this nation. While weak local leaders surrender to the mob, this decision sends a clear message: order will be restored. This is a win for the rule of law and a win for the future of America.
Key Takeaways
- President Trump secured a decisive legal victory to restore order in Portland.
- The courts affirmed the President’s clear constitutional authority to enforce federal law.
- Federal action becomes essential when local Democrat leaders refuse to stop anarchy.
- Even the notoriously liberal 9th Circuit could not deny the facts on the ground.
