Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 4:29 PM EDT, October 17, 2025


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U.S. soil.

The emergency appeal to the high court came after a judge prevented, for at least two weeks, the deployment of Guard members from Illinois and Texas to assist immigration enforcement. A federal appeals court refused to put the judge’s order on hold.

The conservative-dominated court has handed Trump repeated victories in emergency appeals since he took office in January, after lower courts have ruled against him and often over the objection of the three liberal justices. The court has allowed Trump to ban transgender people from the military, claw back billions of dollars of congressionally approved federal spending, move aggressively against immigrants and fire the presidentially appointed leaders of independent federal agencies,

In the dispute over the Guard, U.S. District Judge April Perry said she found no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois during Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-national-guard-trump-913ecce44b6bcc5d0cba1b252dfd34ce

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Amy Coney Barrett is assigned to the 7th Circuit for the emergency appeals.

[obamanut2012]

1. It's Barrett, so we are screwed

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Not necessarily,

she ordered Illinois to respond by Mon. but declined to stay the lower courts order which means no troops on the ground for tomorrows No Kings rally.

[homegirl]

6. Another day that will live in infamy...

I know the exact date political violence became normalized..
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
That was the date the Senate failed to convict Trump
for inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

[cstanleytech]

2. There is zero legitimate reason to allow it.

[2naSalit]

3. Sadly...

It doesn't matter to them anymore.

[WestMichRad]

4. Of course he did.

It’s a national emergency, dontcha know?