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Nonilex @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 16:54 UTC

In late Dec, #SCOTUS issued a temporary order blocking #Trump from carrying out the #Chicago deployment because, it said, the president’s ability to federalize the #NationalGuard likely applies only in “exceptional” circumstances. The ruling has called into question any broader plans by the admin to use #federal #troops domestically to respond to #civil unrest.
 The deployments have cost >$496 million, the Congressional Budget Office reported in Jan.

#law #states #governors #PosseComitatusAct

#scotus #trump #chicago #nationalguard #federal #troops

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 16:49 UTC

The deployments — including >5,000 troops to #LosAngeles, approximately 500 into #Chicago & 200 to #Portland, #Oregon — were ordered despite the vehement opposition from state & local leaders who labeled the #Trump admin’s actions an unlawful abuse of presidential authority. All of those service members were sent home by the end of January, according to US Northern Command.

#Trump #law #states #governors #NationalGuard #PosseComitatusAct

#losangeles #chicago #portland #oregon #trump #law

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 16:47 UTC

It was a remarkable turnabout after #Trump [if he even knows about it] & #Defense Secy #Hegseth had insisted the mobilizations were necessary to combat what they claimed was unchecked violence & to support enforcement of the nation’s #immigration laws.

#law #state #governors #NationalGuard #PosseComitatusAct

#trump #defense #hegseth #immigration #law #state

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 16:44 UTC

#NationalGuard troops were quietly withdrawn from some #US #cities
 The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks [because they were illegal] that stymied #Trump’s “show of force” [#coup attempts] in #LosAngeles, #Chicago & #Portland, Oregon.