The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland,

Lawyers for the state of Oregon allege federal attorneys severely mischaracterized the number of federal police officers sent at any given time to Portland over the summer, and that the error undercuts the federal government’s argument for deploying National Guard troops to the city.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider its decision to allow the Trump administration to deploy 200 federalized members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, potentially setting the stage for a landmark constitutional battle that could reach the Supreme Court.

The protest comes amid an ongoing legal battle over whether National Guard troops can be deployed in Portland as President Donald Trump ordered.

President Donald Trump announced that he will not send the National Guard into San Francisco this weekend, a plan that had been intended to address immigration and crime issues in the city. The decision comes after conversations with local leaders and business figures who emphasized that the city was already making progress on its own.