A federal judge has indefinitely extended an order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to the Chicago area, setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown as legal challenges to Trump’s use of military forces in U.S. cities widen.
U.S. District Judge April Perry ruled Wednesday that the deployment cannot move forward until her court or the Supreme Court resolves the case. The Justice Department has asked the high court for an emergency order to override Perry’s restraining order, arguing the hold “imposes grievous and irreparable harm on the Executive.”
Similar disputes are unfolding across the country. In Oregon, conflicting federal court orders have left 200 National Guard troops unable to deploy to Portland, while in California, appellate judges are weighing whether Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using the Guard in Los Angeles.
In Washington, D.C., lawsuits from local officials and advocacy groups seek to end Guard deployments that began in August, and Tennessee Democrats are challenging the presence of Guard troops in Memphis. The mounting cases reflect deep constitutional and political divisions over Trump’s unprecedented domestic military mobilizations.
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