"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor. The administration argues that it needs to federalize the National Guard in order to stop what Trump has said is unremitting violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at detention facilities in the Chicago area."
"But two lower courts ruled against Trump's claim that the protests in the Chicago area constituted a "rebellion or danger of rebellion" against the United States government that the president has the right to put down. The court's action is one of only a handful of such "emergency docket" cases in which the conservative court has ruled against Trump since he began his second term as president almost a year ago."
The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to federalize the Illinois National Guard, preventing deployment without the governor's consent. The administration said federalization was needed to stop alleged ongoing violence against ICE agents at Chicago-area detention facilities. Two lower courts found the protests did not amount to a "rebellion or danger of rebellion" justifying presidential authority to deploy the military. The majority concluded the government failed to identify legal authority permitting the military to execute laws in Illinois and did not justify an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act. The case may return after full appellate briefing.
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