A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday ordered a temporary restraining order preventing the deployment of the National Guard into Portland by the Trump administration, which he calls a “war-ravaged” city.

Karin J. Immergut, the US District Judge on the case, noted that the matter between the State of Oregon and the President of the United States involves “the intersection of three of the most fundamental principles in our constitutional democracy,” namely the relationship between states and the federal government, relationship of the federal government with armed forces, and with the limitations imposed by the legislative branch.

According to the opinion, the President may federalize the National Guard in limited circumstances, including invasion, rebellion, or insufficiency of the regu

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