US EditionRead the Order: Supreme Court Rules to Keep National Guard Out of Chicago for Now
The Supreme Court ruled the government lacked legal authority for National Guard deployment, which may lead to active-duty military use under the Insurrection Act, legal experts said.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration to overturn a lower-court block on federalizing the National Guard in Illinois.
- U.S. District Judge April Perry halted the federalized Guard move and a federal appeals court declined to intervene, as lower courts found anti-ICE protests didn't meet the `regular forces` statutory requirement.
- Three conservative justices—Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch—dissented, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurring separately, while John Yoo warned Wednesday the ruling could push the president to call the 82nd Airborne, the Marines or the 101st Airborne Division.
- The court's preliminary order could influence other lawsuits, with conservative justices suggesting the Insurrection Act and inviting the use of regular armed troops before the Guard.
- The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act limits presidents to using the regular military domestically only in `exceptional` cases, and the ruling sided with Illinois on `regular forces` meaning the U.S. military, which Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Democratic leaders welcomed Tuesday.
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The Seattle Times
Breaking OneHow a scholar nudged the Supreme Court toward its troop deployment ruling
The Supreme Court’s refusal Tuesday to let the Trump administration deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area was in large part the result of a friend-of-the-court brief submitted by...
'A major defeat': Legal expert surprised by Supreme Court's latest 'rebuke' of Trump
A legal expert said on Thursday that he was surprised by a recent Supreme Court ruling that could make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to achieve a key policy goal. This week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump cannot deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, arguing that he has not ...
Justice Alito rips ‘unwise’ Supreme Court colleagues for blocking Trump’s National Guard deployment
Justice Samuel Alito criticized the Supreme Court’s majority in a sharp dissent Tuesday after the high court decided to temporarily block President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago.
Donald Trump wants to send the National Guard to Chicago. The state of Illinois complained against it. Now the Supreme Court has decided.
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