Hearings to focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Ruling on temporary injunction against National Guard deployment

Following a hearing, Chancellor Pat Moskal stated she will issue a written ruling shortly

Judge mulls arguments over deploying Tennessee National Guard to Memphis

The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office argued Monday against removing the National Guard from Memphis, claiming the governor has authority to mobilize them even without action by the legislature or local government bodies. The claims countered a challenge in Davidson County…

Case of Command: Tennessee’s National Guard and the Meaning of Authority

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Inside a Nashville courtroom Monday afternoon, the question before Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal was simple in wording and enormous in reach: Did Gov. Bill Lee have the authority to send National Guard troops into Memphis as part of a public-safety task force? A coalition of Memphis and Shelby County officials said he did not. Their petition for an injunction argued that the deployment violates Article III, Section 5 …

Memphis, state officials appear for hearing in National Guard lawsuit

A Davidson County Chancellor will determine whether or not the National Guard will remain in Memphis.

Hearings focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia heard arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states' National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into…

Arkansas Guardsmen to patrol the nation's capital for some reason

There’s a magnificent hypocrisy in a sycophantic governor sucking up to an autocratic president by sending her soldiers to police a Democratic-run enclave with crime rates far lower than some of the cities in her home state.