Courtrooms on opposite sides of the country on Thursday served as stages for the ongoing showdown between Democratic-led cities and the Trump administration.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary administrative hold Wednesday afternoon on Immergut’s ruling as it prepared to hear arguments from the federal government, state of Oregon and city of Portland on whether to grant a longer hold based on the merits of the case pending appeal.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria, to demobilize and head home.

National Guard troops started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday, even after judges stalled President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy troops to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in other states.

Saw 8 people out front and couldn’t even get one of them to flip me the bird,’ one officer said in a report filed in early September.

Oregon Republican leaders at the state and federal level are stopping short of calling for National Guard intervention in Portland. In statements and interviews, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, Senate Republican Leader Bruce Starr,