Supreme Court denies Trump bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
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The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to lift a lower court order blocking the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, marking a rare loss for President Donald Trump on the high court's emergency docket.
In a 6-3 ruling, the high court said the administration failed to show that federal law "permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois."...
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