The US Supreme Court has the government of President Donald Trump the deployment of National Guardsmen in the region Chicago banned for now. A majority of top federal judges rejected an emergency government request to overturn a district court’s decision. This prohibited the sending of soldiers to Chicago.
The government failed to “find a legal basis that would allow the military to enforce the laws in Illinois,” a majority of judges said Supreme Court their decision. Three of the six conservative justices dissented from the ruling.
The decision is not final but could impact other lawsuits challenging President’s attempts Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in cities governed by Democrats.
The government The National Guard was already deployed in other citiesincluding the capital Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Memphis and Portland. Like Chicago and the state of Illinois, which is home to the third largest metropolis in the world USA The city of Portland and the state of Oregon have also sued against the deployment of the National Guard. A district court banned the soldiers from deploying there in November for an indefinite period. The US government has also appealed this decision.
The Supreme Court’s decision represents a rare defeat for the Trump administration. Six of the nine judges are considered conservative, three of whom were appointed by Trump himself during his first term in office. During his second term in office, the Supreme Court supported him in almost all cases, especially when it came to expanding his powers as president.
