Hearings to focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Case of Command: Tennessee’s National Guard and the Meaning of Authority

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Inside a Nashville courtroom Monday afternoon, the question before Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal was simple in wording and enormous in reach: Did Gov. Bill Lee have the authority to send National Guard troops into Memphis as part of a public-safety task force? A coalition of Memphis and Shelby County officials said he did not. Their petition for an injunction argued that the deployment violates Article III, Section 5 …

Hearings focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia heard arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states' National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into…

Arkansas Guardsmen to patrol the nation's capital for some reason

There’s a magnificent hypocrisy in a sycophantic governor sucking up to an autocratic president by sending her soldiers to police a Democratic-run enclave with crime rates far lower than some of the cities in her home state.

A decision could come next week regarding whether the WV National Guard deployment in D.C. is lawful

Aubrey Sparks, legal director with the ACLU-WV, presents arguments to Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Richard Lindsay during a hearing on Oct. 24, 2025. Sparks, through the ACLU, is representing the West Virginia Citizen Action Group in litigation against the state regarding whether it was legal for Gov. Patrick Morrisey to send hundreds of members of the West Virginia National Guard to Washington, D.C. following a request from President Dona…

Courts to hear arguments against National Guard deployments in Memphis and D.C.

In Tennessee, a hearing will focus on National Guard deployment to Memphis. Gun-carrying Guard members have been patrolling neighborhoods and commercial areas of Memphis since early October.

Hearings to Focus On National Guard Deployments in the Nation’s Capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Hearings are taking place in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts.