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In 2019, Trump made her a judge. In 2025, she blocked his troop deployment
In 2019, Trump made her a judge. In 2025, she blocked his troop deployment
Oct. 6, 2025 at 3:19 pm
On Jan. 3, 2006, President George W. Bush speaks in the White House with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales beside him. Among the U.S. attorneys present is, third from left, Karin Immergut, of Oregon. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
By Mattathias Schwartz
The New York Times
When President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to Portland hit a major snag over the weekend, it did so at the hands of one of his judicial nominees, Judge Karin Immergut of U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law,” wrote Immergut, 64, in a Saturday order rejecting the administration’s claims that it needed military support to protect federal property and enforce immigration law, what she called an “extraordinary measure.”
Arguments made by Trump’s Justice Department, she continued, “risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”
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Oct. 6, 2025 at 3:19 pm
On Jan. 3, 2006, President George W. Bush speaks in the White House with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales beside him. Among the U.S. attorneys present is, third from left, Karin Immergut, of Oregon. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
By Mattathias Schwartz
The New York Times
When President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to Portland hit a major snag over the weekend, it did so at the hands of one of his judicial nominees, Judge Karin Immergut of U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law,” wrote Immergut, 64, in a Saturday order rejecting the administration’s claims that it needed military support to protect federal property and enforce immigration law, what she called an “extraordinary measure.”
Arguments made by Trump’s Justice Department, she continued, “risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”
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