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Tennessee judge blocks Trump’s use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal
The injunction challenges Governor Bill Lee’s authority to deploy the National Guard without local request or rebellion; the Memphis Safe Task Force made over 2,500 arrests, officials said.
- On Monday, Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal blocked the National Guard's use in Memphis under President Donald Trump's crimefighting operation but stayed the injunction to allow a five-day government appeal.
- The lawsuit by Democratic state and local officials argues Republican Gov. Bill Lee cannot deploy the Tennessee National Guard without rebellion or legislative action, while the state contends the governor may dispatch the Guard and issued a news release rather than a formal order.
- Since Oct. 10, troops have patrolled Memphis neighborhoods in fatigues and vests marked `military police`; officials say Guard members have no arrest power, while the Memphis Safe Task Force has made more than 2,500 arrests.
- Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris praised the ruling as a step for the rule of law, while Gov. Bill Lee's office defended the mission and Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he never requested the Guard.
- President Donald Trump announced the deployment in September, and Republican Gov. Bill Lee described the Guard as a `critical support role` amid Memphis's long struggle with violent crime despite recent improvements.
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Tennessee judge blocks Trump’s use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the...
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Tennessee judge blocks Trump's use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
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