Trump Appeals to Supreme Court for National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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President Donald Trump has taken a bold step by filing an emergency petition with the Supreme Court, seeking permission to dispatch the National Guard to Chicago. This request comes in response to intensifying protests within the city, sparked by controversial immigration raids carried out in a military-style manner.

The President is urging the Supreme Court to overturn a decision made by a lower court judge, which temporarily blocked the deployment of the National Guard for a minimum of two weeks. This block was put in place following a district court judge’s issuance of a temporary restraining order. The judge argued that there was insufficient evidence to suggest any imminent “danger of rebellion” that would necessitate such a drastic measure.

In an unusual move, Trump is utilizing the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ to fast-track his request. This docket is typically reserved for urgent cases, allowing decisions to be made quickly without the usual full briefing and oral arguments.

However, a federal appeals court has already declined to suspend the judge’s restraining order, leaving the President’s request in a state of uncertainty as it awaits the Supreme Court’s consideration.

The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal urging the justices to step in immediately, saying the lower court’s hold “impinges on the President’s authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property.”

“Federal officials and federal property are the central targets of the violence that has roiled the Chicago area in recent weeks. An immediate administrative stay would allow the Armed Forces to provide the protection that the President has directed,” the petition to the high court stated.

Trump has filed an unprecedented number of petitions to the court’s emergency docket in nearly ten months in office and the high court has ruled in his favor on nearly all the requests.

Chicago has been roiled in violent clashes between protestors and hundreds of ICE agents who were sent to the city last month under “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Authorities have detained more than a dozen people as of Friday morning in a Chicago suburb as protests continued outside an immigration processing facility.