California's Chief Executive Gavin Newsom Files Lawsuit Against President Trump Regarding State Guard Dispatch to Oregon

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this past Sunday that he is filing a lawsuit against President Trump regarding the claimed sending of 300 Californian state guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” Newsom stated during a press announcement. “This administration is blatantly attacking the rule of law directly and enacting their dangerous rhetoric – ignoring court orders and treating judges, including those named by the President, as political opponents.”

Legal Context and National Ruling

The governor's legal action comes after a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the White House from deploying the Oregon's guard to Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut agreed with assertions that it would inflame rather than calm conflict in the city.

The judge ruled in her decision, which delays dispatching the forces until at least the 18th of October, that there was a absence of factual support that the ongoing rallies in Portland merited the decision.

City Officials Respond

The senior deputy attorney, the deputy attorney, said that there had been no violence against Ice officers for several months and that recent Ice protests were “sedate” in the days before the chief executive described the metropolis to be a battlefield, occasionally involving a small number of participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, the core issue is control,” Newsom asserted. “Legal action will be our response, but the people should speak out in the face of such irresponsible and authoritarian conduct by the nation's leader.”

State Attorney General Weighs In

In a statement on X, Dan Rayfield said that the state is evaluating choices and planning court proceedings.

“Donald Trump is evidently hellbent on using the military in domestic metropolitan areas, absent proof or legal basis to do so,” his statement said. “The duty falls on us and the legal system to demand answers. That’s what we intend to do.”

Federal and Local Response

The California national guard referred questions to the defense department. A agency spokesman refused to provide a statement. There was no quick reply from the presidential administration.

Broader Context

This development from the state came just a day after the President approved the sending of national guard troops to the city of Chicago, the newest in a succession of similar interventions across several states in the U.S..

Trump had originally declared the proposal on 27 September, saying he was allowing complete use, if necessary” in spite of pleas from local leaders and the representatives from the state, who indicated there had been a single, calm protest outside an immigration office.

Past Context

For years, Trump has emphasized the storyline that the city is a “war-ravaged” urban center with anarchists involved in chaos and illegal activities.

Earlier in his administration in the year 2020, he deployed federal forces to the city in the midst of the demonstrations over the murder by police of George Floyd in another city. The unrest expanded across the nation but were particularly intense in Portland. Even with protests against immigration officials being fairly limited in the state currently, the President has pointed to them as grounds to deploy personnel.

Remarking on X about the latest move from Trump, Newsom commented: “It’s appalling. It’s un-American, and action is needed to halt it.”