Supreme Court Won’t Let Trump Deploy National Guard In Illinois
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in Illinois. The government has not shown it is permitted under the law “to federalize the Guard in the exercise of…
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
The government has not shown it is permitted under the law “to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois,” the Supreme Court majority held.
“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 Supreme Court majority held. “The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act.”
Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the ruling.
“I am not prepared at this point to express a definite view on these questions, but I have serious doubts about the correctness of the Court’s views,” Alito wrote in a dissent joined by Thomas. “And I strongly disagree with the manner in which the Court has disposed of this application”
BREAKING: Supreme Court won’t let Trump deploy the National Guard in Chicago. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissent. pic.twitter.com/GfpMnCJdIa
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