A federal judge Friday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the president exceeded his authority.

“Even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard,” under federal law, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut ruled in a 106-page opinion.

Immergut’s injunction follows a three-day trial she held last week and a brief, preliminary order she issued on Monday.

Friday’s injunction offers a much more detailed examination of the law and conditions in Portland leading up to Trump’s Sept. 27 authorization of Guard members to protect the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the South Waterfront neigh

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