"The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by President Donald Trump to allow the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois. Trump had sought an overruling of an order by a lower court that temporarily halted his plans to send the military reserve force to the state. The US president already sent troops to several cities across the country in recent months. His adminstration has insisted that such deployments were necessary to protect immigration officers amid protests against their raids."
"White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the president "activated the National Guard to protect federal law enforcement officers, and to ensure rioters did not destroy federal buildings and property." "Nothing in today's ruling detracts from that core agenda," Jackson said. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, called the ruling a "big win for Illinois and American democracy." "This is an important step in curbing the Trump Administration's consistent abuse of power and slowing Trump's march toward authoritarianism," Pritzker said."
The US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's request to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois after a lower court temporarily halted the plan. The Republican-majority court said the government "failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois." The decision leaves the administration with limited legal options to pursue deployment to Chicago but warns of potential political risk. The ruling could influence other lawsuits challenging military deployments in Democratic-led cities. The White House defended the activations as protection for federal law enforcement and property, while Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called the decision a major victory against abuse of power.
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