US EditionTrump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
- On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Democratic governors.
- A judge's order preventing Guard deployments for at least two weeks triggered the emergency filing after the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a federal appeals court blocked the administration's plan.
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued federal agents were `threatened and assaulted`, but U.S. District Judge April Perry said she had `found no credible evidence that there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois`.
- The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has often ruled in President Donald Trump's favor in emergency appeals, handing him repeated victories despite objections from the three liberal justices.
- Amid clashes with Democratic governors, the case could define limits on using Guard troops for immigration enforcement as an appeals court said `the facts do not justify the president's actions in Illinois`.
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Two courts have questioned Trump's reason for deploying the National Guard in Chicago.
President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court for permission to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. In an emergency appeal, the Justice Department is urging the court to overturn a lower court ruling that had blocked the deployment of hundreds of Guard troops to the city area. This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered Trump's authority to deploy troops within the United States. The predominantly conservative court, with a ma…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Troop Deployment to Chicago Area
Oct 17 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow his deployment of National Guard troops to the Chicago area, as the Republican president moves to dispatch military personnel to a growing number of Democratic-led locales and expand the use of the armed forces for domestic purposes.
Standoff Over National Guard in Chicago Goes to Supreme Court
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois against the wishes of state and local officials, a move now blocked by lower courts. President Trump maintains that the troops are needed to protect immigration officers and fight crime in...
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Trump has already sent soldiers to several democratically governed cities and wants to use them in Chicago. So far, courts have stopped him - now he hopes for success before the highest U.S. court.
Chicago is resisting the planned deployment of National Guard soldiers - so far the city has been legally successful. Now the Trump administration wants to move to the highest US court.
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