Federal district courts and appeals courts are at odds over the legality of President Donald Trump ‘s deployment of the National Guard , as a lower court in Oregon prepares to hear arguments this week over whether Trump can send troops to Portland despite an appeals court ruling multiple times that, at least on a temporary basis, he has the power to do so.

A three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Portland and Los Angeles that Trump can federalize and deploy state National Guard troops to protect federal assets after two separate district court judges, one in Oregon and one in California, tried to block the deployments while litigation proceeded.

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