US EditionSupreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act
The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump failed to meet legal requirements to federalize the Illinois National Guard, blocking deployment to protect ICE facilities.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing hundreds of Illinois National Guard members, ruling he had not met that law's requirements as tensions eased at an ICE facility west of Chicago.
- The Justice Department for months framed its need to rely on section 12406 as an alternative to using regular forces, aiming to send National Guard troops into Democratic-run cities to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities.
- Lower court orders had already blocked Guard operations with the Department of Homeland Security, and officials said only about 300 National Guard units from Illinois remain ready as defense officials `rightsized` deployments.
- In a statement after the order Tuesday, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said nothing in the decision detracts from the administration's `core agenda` of protecting federal buildings, while the Supreme Court's ruling left other legal questions unresolved.
- Trump has repeatedly flirted with invoking the Insurrection Act, which intersects with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act; historical precedents include President George H.W. Bush's 1992 invocation and President Dwight Eisenhower's 1957 Little Rock federalization.
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'Failed to identify a source of authority': Donald Trump humiliated as Supreme Court slaps down Illinois National Guard deployment
Donald Trump assumed he could rely on the Supreme Court to rubber-stamp whatever unconstitutional abuses of power he cooked up. But, in a heartwarming twist as Christmas rolls around, it seems there are actually limits to what the judicial branch will let him get away with. Late yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on whether Trump sending national guard troops to Chicago was legal. The result? 6-3 against Trump, with the judges backing a lower co…
Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act
The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from sending the National Guard into American cities is likely to raise a politically fraught debate about the president’s willingness to invoke a 19th century law to deploy the regular military on American soil instead.
TheVoiceOfJoyce The Supreme Court, using the emergency docket, said the use of the National Guard for normal policing activities. The National Guard can’t go to Chicago and other cities!
Finally, a guardrail for Trump’s powers. Dare we hope for more! A pre Christmas miracle! Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. The decision was 6 to 3, with Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett joining the three liberal justices in a majority. Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas dissented. The court said that Trump ha…
Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment, Citing Lack of Legal Authority
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, ruling that the administration had failed to identify a source of authority for the military to execute domestic law enforcement functions in the state.
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