Trump Court Rulings Whipsaw Democratic AGs in Fractious Fight

Two recent high-stakes court decisions less than two hours apart laid bare the whipsawing and often divergent results for Democratic state attorneys general who’ve sought to position themselves as a courtroom foil to President Donald Trump’s agenda.

On Friday evening, Trump lost the first trial over his effort to send the National Guard into Democratic-led cities, with a judge he appointed in Portland, Oregon, ruling the effort illegal. Shortly after the US Supreme Court handed Trump a win in an entirely unrelated matter, pausing full food-aid benefits during the government shutdown against the wishes of multiple states.

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