In yet another twist in a weighty legal dispute, an appeals court has cancelled a ruling that had largely cleared the way for the Trump administration to deploy U.S. troops in Portland, opting to rehear the matter with a larger group of judges instead.

“Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc,” wrote Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an order Tuesday evening. The previous order, which a three judge panel of the court had published Oct. 20 “is vacated,” she wrote.

“This ruling shows the truth matters and that the courts are working to hold this administration accountable,” said Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield in a statement shortly after the latest order came down. “The Constituti

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