"President Trump's federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to both Oregon and Illinois are facing a pair of legal litmus tests including one at the Supreme Court that could be decided in the coming days. At the heart of both challenges is whether or not to defer to the president's assessment that major cities in both places Portland and Chicago are lawless and in need of immediate military intervention to protect federal property and immigration officers, despite local leaders and law enforcement saying otherwise."
"On Monday, a divided panel on the 9th Circuit court of appeals overturned a temporary restraining order put in place by a federal judge in Portland, siding with the Trump administration, however another temporary restraining order remains in place. That ruling came days after the 7th Circuit court of appeals upheld a similar block from a federal judge in Illinois on the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene."
President Trump federalized and deployed National Guard troops to Oregon and Illinois against the wishes of Democratic governors. District courts temporarily blocked both deployments. The 9th Circuit overturned one restraining order in Portland while another restraining order there remains in place. The 7th Circuit upheld a federal judge's block on National Guard deployment to Chicago. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene with decisions expected in the coming days. Any rulings will affect troop deployments in individual states and could shape future judicial treatment of domestic military deployments and executive authority.
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