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Who is Karin Immergut, the judge who ruled against Trump in Portland?
The Washington Post ^ | October 6, 2025 12:42 p.m. EDT | Amy B Wang

Posted on 10/06/2025 4:00:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Immergut, appointed to the federal bench by Trump during his first term, has issued two rulings blocking the deployment of National Guard troops, drawing the president’s ire.

Late Sunday, federal judge Karin J. Immergut issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to send California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. It was her second ruling against Trump in two days that triggered his ire: On Saturday, Immergut also blocked Trump from federalizing the Oregon National Guard, writing that his administration’s arguments for doing so “risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”

Responding to the first order, Trump complained that he “wasn’t served well by the people that pick judges.” But it was Trump himself who appointed Immergut to the federal bench. Before that, Immergut had a lengthy career in public service, including personally interviewing Monica Lewinsky and contributing to the 1998 independent counsel report that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Immergut did not immediately return a request for comment Monday. Here is more on her background.

Trump appointed her during his first term

In late 2018, Trump nominated Immergut for a lifetime federal judgeship in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported Immergut’s nomination out of committee by a 20-2 vote: The two who opposed her were Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and then-senator Kamala Harris (D-California). Immergut was confirmed by the Senate in 2019 by voice vote.

Trump does not appear to know or remember Immergut well, as the president repeatedly mistakenly referred to the judge as a man on Sunday, as he railed against the temporary restraining order.

“I appointed the judge, and he goes...”

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KEYWORDS: judgewatch; oregon; portland
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Immergut, appointed to the federal bench by Trump during his first term...

McTurtle dictated the appointments.

1 posted on 10/06/2025 4:00:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Picture??


2 posted on 10/06/2025 4:03:21 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good thing there are 48 other states to send guards from.


3 posted on 10/06/2025 4:04:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Another Karin : Different Spelling


4 posted on 10/06/2025 4:06:54 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: Ann Archy
Picture??

Allow me to search engine that for ya: https://search.brave.com/images?q=Karin+Immergut

5 posted on 10/06/2025 4:08:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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To: Ann Archy

Camera broke. (old style joke, sorry)


6 posted on 10/06/2025 4:10:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Jonty30

Judges are not in the military chain of command.


7 posted on 10/06/2025 4:11:02 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thank you.


8 posted on 10/06/2025 4:12:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A talk radio host today said we can call sympathize with Trump but as in the first term he seems to trust people he should not trust.
Whomever among his advisors told him to nominate this Immergut was wrong and Trump was wrong to do so.

She spouts woke nonsense like a women’s talk show guest.
And well all suffer for it.


9 posted on 10/06/2025 4:13:04 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Good thing there are 48 other states to send guards from

I believe she put a halt to that, too.

10 posted on 10/06/2025 4:18:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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Whomever among his advisors told him to nominate this Immergut was wrong and Trump was wrong to do so.

Mitch McConnell. Plain old blackmail.

11 posted on 10/06/2025 4:18:52 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The judge was nominated by the two Oregon Democrat Senators and was passed ‘Blue Slip.’


12 posted on 10/06/2025 4:22:28 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A commie.


13 posted on 10/06/2025 4:24:34 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ms Always Good...sucks.


14 posted on 10/06/2025 4:25:13 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nicht so immer gut, ich denke!


15 posted on 10/06/2025 4:26:56 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (PLAUSIBLY ANTI-SEMITIC POSTS: Hardspunned 90% Nitzy 88% Right_In_Virginia 84% Liz 50% Mac_Truck 32%)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Y’all didn’t pay attention in your civics classes.
Trump can ignore any federal judge as he sees fit.
Judges do not have power, the executive office
does.
Quote
“John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” president Andrew Jackson 1832 or so.
Only Congress can remove Trump from office.
They have not been inclined to do so in the past.

So he can ignore Democrat judges as he sees fit
to do so.


16 posted on 10/06/2025 4:26:56 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I actually forgot that about the Turtle from the bad old days of his harm.


17 posted on 10/06/2025 4:28:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: rellic

But then it will never end.

Letting the USSC swat them down hard is the permanent solution.

Trump knows how to play the long game.


18 posted on 10/06/2025 4:28:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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I wonder how the Democrats knew a Trump Judge would decide for their side?

The Democrats specifically chose her.

Why?

19 posted on 10/06/2025 4:33:09 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can someone tell how an appointed judge can rule in matters regarding the military? She seems to be way out of her lane here.


20 posted on 10/06/2025 4:39:07 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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