Oregon and its largest city, Portland, are suing to block President Trump from deploying the state’s National Guard, calling it an unconstitutional abuse of power, Politico reports.


Oregon and its largest city, Portland, are suing to block President Trump from deploying the state’s National Guard, calling it an unconstitutional abuse of power, Politico reports.
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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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