NEW: A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order tonight barring federal law enforcement officers deployed to Portland from using force or arresting journalists and legal observers.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/judge-bans-federal-use-of-force-journalists-portland

Judge Simon rejected DOJ's argument that the journalists and legal observers lacked standing because they hadn't alleged ongoing harm: "The actions by the federal agents described by Plaintiffs are part of a pattern of officially sanctioned conduct."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/judge-bans-federal-use-of-force-journalists-portland

The judge said DOJ engaged in "circular logic" when it argued journalists didn't have a right to stay when federal officers closed streets. The point of journalists was to observe and report if those officers were acting lawfully, he wrote.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/judge-bans-federal-use-of-force-journalists-portland

The judge noted Portland police had been operating under a nearly identical TRO, with no complaints. If the Trump admin wanted to say things were so chaotic that the feds needed to come in, that just proved his order was workable even in chaos https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/judge-bans-federal-use-of-force-journalists-portland