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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis, Robert Mackey and agencies

US appeals court could reconsider ruling in Trump’s favor on Portland troop deployment

People walk through smoke
Officers release chemical agents on the street as protesters gather in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

A decision in Donald Trump’s favor by a three-judge panel issued on Monday, which lifted a block on his planned deployment of Oregon national guard troops to Portland, could be reconsidered by a new, larger panel of federal appeals court judges.

Hours after the three-judge panel decided, 2-1, that Trump has the legal authority to deploy federalized troops to Portland, a judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals formally requested “a vote on whether this case should be reheard” by a larger panel of judges.

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