President Trump asked the high court to intervene after a federal appeals court upheld a Biden-appointed judge’s order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump ordered National Guard units to protect ICE agents from ongoing violent attacks by far-left Antifa extremists. The administration argues that the Guard is acting under federal authority to protect federal personnel and property, which does not violate the Posse Comitatus Act.
US District Judge April Perry claimed that the deployment violated the Constitution and issued a Temporary Restraining Order last week. The Seventh Circuit initially lifted part of her order but then allowed her block on troop deployment to remain. On Thursday, the appeals court unanimously sided with Perry again and kept the ban in place. The three-judge panel consisted of one George H. W. Bush appointee, one Obama appointee, and one George W. Bush appointee.
The panel said there was “insufficient evidence of rebellion or danger of rebellion” to justify Trump’s action, even though attacks on federal officers in Chicago have been documented repeatedly.
White House adviser Stephen Miller responded earlier by saying that Illinois officials are obstructing federal operations and aiding a national crisis. He stressed that Guard units can come from any state once they are federalized and that protecting DHS personnel falls squarely within federal authority.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett directed Illinois officials to respond by Monday, delaying immediate relief and keeping the legal standoff alive.
Chicago and Illinois leadership insist they can defy the order and block federal troops. Critics argue that Democrat governors and judges are staging an open judicial revolt against a sitting president on matters of national security.
A similar conflict is unfolding in Oregon. Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, blocked deployment there. The Ninth Circuit lifted her temporary block on mobilization but left her prohibition on deployment in place, mirroring the situation in Illinois.
Trump is now seeking direct intervention from the Supreme Court to break the judicial blockade. Amy Coney Barrett’s decision to delay immediate action signals that the constitutional showdown over federal troop authority is far from over. Illinois must now answer to the Supreme Court by Monday.
Well, when four city blocks were in flames, that was just “mostly peaceful,” ya know. If 20 blocks in Chicago are on fire, the Mayor and Gov P will claim it is Trumps fault but they have it under control. Of course, the MSM will never show the extent of the flames violence and destruction.