"After an appeals court again blocked the government's attempt to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area, Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will "litigate this as much as we can." His comments came one day after a federal appeals court in Illinois ruled that the Trump administration can keep federalized National Guard members in the state of Illinois but cannot deploy them for now."
""We're obviously going to litigate this as much as we can," Vance said on ABC's This Week Sunday. "We think that we have the authority to provide proper safety to our citizens all over the United States, but particularly in Chicago.""
"The ruling Saturday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is the latest development in the administration's ongoing push to deploy National Guard members to a number of Democratic cities and states across the U.S., including Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Trump and other administration officials have claimed that federal forces are necessary to control crime and protect federal agents, while leaders in those cities and others say there is no need for National Guard troops and accuse the Trump administration of overstepping its authority."
A federal appeals court barred the deployment of federalized National Guard members onto Chicago streets while allowing them to remain federalized in Illinois. Vice President JD Vance said the administration will continue litigation and asserted authority to protect citizens across the United States, emphasizing Chicago. The legal dispute is part of a broader effort to send National Guard personnel to several Democratic cities, with officials citing crime control and protection of federal agents. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and local leaders oppose the deployment and credited court rulings for preventing troops from patrolling during the marathon.
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