Oregon v. Trump

Several media organizations, represented by nonprofit legal advocacy organizations Public Justice and Public Accountability, have filed a motion to intervene to protect the public’s right of access to records in Oregon v. Trump, a lawsuit stemming from the deployment of the National Guard in Oregon. The news outlets participating in this effort include Oregon Capital Chronicle, The Oregonian, and Oregon Public Broadcasting.

 

The group of media organizations will seek to obtain access to dozens of trial exhibits that are currently sealed by court order, and it will also ask the court to disclose the identities of two Federal Protective Services officers who were allowed to testify anonymously.

 

For the past year, the Trump administration has targeted sanctuary cities they perceive to be uncooperative with its immigration objectives. Portland, Ore. is one of those cities, and in late September 2025, President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth via social media to call into federal service 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to protect ICE and other government personnel. The State of Oregon and the city of Portland sued the federal government, arguing that the federalization and deployment of the Oregon National Guard violated federal law and the US Constitution.