The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Trump’s bid to send the National Guard to Chicago, marking a rare setback for him in the country’s highest court.
In an unsigned order, the high court concluded that the Trump administration failed to provide sufficient evidence that the president has the power to deploy the National Guard to the Windy City even for the purposes of protecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
“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 wrote in its order.
Trump had been blocked by the lower courts from sending the National Guard to Chicago. His administration had hoped the Supreme Court would block those prior orders.
Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch all dissented.
