(CN) — Federal agents will no longer be restrained from assaulting and arresting journalists when dispersing protesters in Portland, Oregon after the Ninth Circuit temporarily stayed a lower court order that the judges said lacked clarity in the visible identification it required journalists to wear.In a , two judges on a three-judge panel issued a temporary stay on Thursday, finding that U.S. District Judge Michael Simon’s 61-page injunction was overly broad and lacked clarity. The majority, both of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the federal government was...…(CN) — Federal agents will no longer be restrained from assaulting and arresting journalists when dispersing protesters in Portland, Oregon after the Ninth Circuit temporarily stayed a lower court order that the judges said lacked clarity in the visible identification it required journalists to wear.In a , two judges on a three-judge panel issued a temporary stay on Thursday, finding that U.S. District Judge Michael Simon’s 61-page injunction was overly broad and lacked clarity. The majority, both of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the federal government was...WW…

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Federal agents in Portland are barred for two more weeks from assaulting and arresting journalists for doing their jobs — an order a federal judge said was necessary based on the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that its agents would stay in the city until the government sees improvement in what it called the “dynamic and volatile” situation there.Ruling from the bench Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon extended the temporary restraining he issued July 23, enjoining federal agents with the U.S. Marshals Service, Customs and Border Protection, the...…PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Federal agents in Portland are barred for two more weeks from assaulting and arresting journalists for doing their jobs — an order a federal judge said was necessary based on the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that its agents would stay in the city until the government sees improvement in what it called the “dynamic and volatile” situation there.Ruling from the bench Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon extended the temporary restraining he issued July 23, enjoining federal agents with the U.S. Marshals Service, Customs and Border Protection, the...WW…

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Federal police are now under a court order not to arrest or assault journalists and legal observers for doing their jobs, after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that the government said it would appeal.“An open government has been a hallmark of our democracy since our nation’s founding,” U.S. District Judge Michael Simon wrote Thursday, citing precedent from the Ninth Circuit case Leigh v. Salazar. “When wrongdoing is underway, officials have great incentive to blindfold the watchful eyes of the fourth estate. The free press is the guardian...…PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Federal police are now under a court order not to arrest or assault journalists and legal observers for doing their jobs, after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that the government said it would appeal.“An open government has been a hallmark of our democracy since our nation’s founding,” U.S. District Judge Michael Simon wrote Thursday, citing precedent from the Ninth Circuit case Leigh v. Salazar. “When wrongdoing is underway, officials have great incentive to blindfold the watchful eyes of the fourth estate. The free press is the guardian...WW…