Posted on 12/23/2025 12:35:18 PM PST by DFG
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois over the strenuous objections of local officials.
The court in an unsigned order turned away an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.
In doing so, the court at least provisionally rejected the Trump administration’s view that the situation on the ground is so chaotic that it justifies invoking a federal law that allows the president to call National Guard troops into federal service in extreme situations.
Those circumstances can include when “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion” or “the president is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The court ruled against the administration on a threshold question, finding that the law's reference to the "regular forces" only allows for the National Guard to be called up if regular military forces are unable to restore order.
The court order said that Trump could only call up the military where they could "legally execute the laws" and that power is limited under another law called the Posse Comitatus Act.
"At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois," the court said.
As a result, the Trump administration has failed to show that the National Guard law "permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois," the court added.
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The people of Chicongo voted in their leadership and they deserve to get that leadership good and hard.
Send in IRS agents
Well, Trump tried to help the people of Illinois. The leaders in Chicago and Springfield hate the rest of the state.
Take all federal agents out and announce that illegal gang members can safely have a little fun there.
Isn’t the USMC exempt from Posse Comitatus?
And all federal employees. Including the Post Office.
There are scenarios in which the authority of our Great Military is higher than that of the Supreme Court.
it is not up to the court, this subject matter is outside the court’s assigned jurisdiction
This has enormous implications.
Just deputize a few hundred special ops soldiers as temp hire US Marshall’s. Arm them to the teeth and escort the agents everywhere
I guess they’ve never seen the weekend shooting deaths and wounded statistics for Chicago.
When the Supreme Court issues a stay in favor of Trump, NBC says “no big deal.”
When Supreme Court refuses to issue a stay, NBC says “What a big deal.”
NBC is pure leftist propaganda.
And in so doing green lighted attacks on anyone the thugocracy in chicago don’t like. Such as ICE.
Wait for it, any day from now.
A few years ago, the Dems were arming Social Security, IRS and other paper-pushing agencies with heavy armaments. Maybe it is time to reassign those to ICE.
So...is that what the Court is hinting he do instead rather than trying to use the NG?
No, but the Insurrection Act can override those limits.
The upside is Team Trump always has a Plan B.
On a positive note, I’m pretty sure the NG didn’t want to go to Chicago.
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