Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois

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The Trump administration says troops are needed to protect immigration agents in the Chicago area, a move that local officials strongly object to.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois over the strenuous objections of local officials.

The court in an unsigned order turned away an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.

In doing so, the court at least provisionally rejected the Trump administration’s view that the situation on the ground is so chaotic that it justifies invoking a federal law that allows the president to call National Guard troops into federal service in extreme situations.

Those circumstances can include when “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion” or “the president is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”

Among the issues in the case is what the term “regular forces” means, something the Supreme Court focused on in an order issued on Oct. 29 asking for additional briefing. The question is whether the law only allows for the National Guard to be called up if regular military forces are unable to restore order, or whether the phrase refers to law enforcement.

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1. Here is a link to the ruling

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[aeromanKC]

2. Fuck the 3!!

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3. Good 👍

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4. Wow.. this is a surprise.. Turing down

Traitor's Attempt to Fuck with Gov Pritzker's State.

TY

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5. Maybe, just maybe the justices are realizing the danger they've put themselves in

by granting near total immunity to Flim Flam Man.
Because of their ruling, Flim Flam Man could have them arrested and removed from the bench and there's not really a thing they can do about it.
Maybe their waking up to this fact.
Hey, a fellow can dream can't they?

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6. Well, when you put it that way..

Traitor could do it on a whim just to show how "powerful" he is.. and Turn on former allies like in the blink of his ugly eye.

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7. K&R for, well well but "preliminary/provisional"

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8. From Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:

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9. 'Hugely consequential': Experts say Supreme Court just wrecked Trump's plans

I admit that I was surprised by this ruling. SCOTUS may be waking up as to trump's misuse of the military.

'Hugely consequential': Experts say Supreme Court just wrecked Trump's plans

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— Michael Byron #Fella (@michaelby.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T02:30:22.213Z

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President Donald Trump got a rare and devastating blow at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as three right-wing justices joined with the three liberals to deny a stay of a lower court ruling that prevents him from federalizing the National Guard to deploy troops to Chicago — and said the administration is unlikely to prevail when the case is litigated on the merits.....

"The Supreme Court just agreed: President Trump violated the law by deploying the National Guard in Illinois," wrote New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin. "Proud to stand with @ILAttyGeneral [and] my colleagues in successfully opposing this unnecessary and unlawful deployment."

Yet another key analysis came from American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a lawyer who has frequently criticized the Trump administration's immigration policy.

"Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision. This is a case where [law professor] Marty Lederman's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the 'regular forces' issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on," wrote Reichlin-Melnick. "The law Trump used to federalize the National Guard requires him to be 'unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.' The Court today agrees with Professor Lederman that 'regular forces' means the U.S. military, which used to be called 'the regulars.'"

"There are other laws which permit the President to call up the National Guard, the most famous of which is the Insurrection Act. But Trump has not invoked that law. Instead, he invoked a law which had strict prerequisites, which the Supreme Court ruled were not met," wrote Reichlin-Melnick. Additionally, "the majority finds at this stage that the President does not have inherent authority to deploy the military to protect ICE property, therefore allowing him to 'execute' the laws with the military. The majority says no."