Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
- On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Democratic governors.
- A judge's order preventing Guard deployments for at least two weeks triggered the emergency filing after the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a federal appeals court blocked the administration's plan.
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued federal agents were `threatened and assaulted`, but U.S. District Judge April Perry said she had `found no credible evidence that there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois`.
- The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has often ruled in President Donald Trump's favor in emergency appeals, handing him repeated victories despite objections from the three liberal justices.
- Amid clashes with Democratic governors, the case could define limits on using Guard troops for immigration enforcement as an appeals court said `the facts do not justify the president's actions in Illinois`.
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