The Supreme Court blocked — for now — President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago over the objections of the state’s Democratic governor in an order Tuesday.
In an unsigned order, the court’s majority upheld a lower court order blocking Trump’s deployment of more than 300 National Guard troops to Chicago over the objections of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. While Trump has argued the deployments were needed to secure immigration enforcement efforts, the Supreme Court found that he likely exceeded his authority by federalizing the guard.
“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 order said.
