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What happened over the weekend is that a Trump appointed judge, and it's kind of interesting

what happened here, Steve, is the original judge in this case was considered a liberal,

and the Justice Department went in and asked him to recuse himself

because his wife is involved in some activism around some of the issues in the case.

And he probably didn't have to, but he did recuse himself. And then the case ended up in the

hands of Karen Imurgut. I hope I'm pronouncing her name

wrong. A Trump appointee from the first term. And the case was the state of Oregon, suing the Trump

administration and saying, you cannot take over our National Guard and send them to Portland.

Now, a lot of people thought originally that Emigut was going to be a friendly judge to the Trump administration.

She wasn't.

She wrote one of the most courageous decisions of the entire year.

If people have not read it, you should go and read it.

It's a 31-page decision.

A true active bravery to stand up to this administration. A lot of judges wouldn't have done this,

especially the deference that judges generally give the commander-in-chief and specifically

in a situation like this. for people who don't know

the full story, once she told the administration it was illegal for them to take over the Oregon

National Guard and send them into Portland. Trump immediately commandeered troops from California,

which National Guard troops, he had already federalized within hours of this ruling

and had them on their way to Portland.

Naturally, the state of California wasn't happy about this.

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