Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Illinois

Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog reports that the Trump administration yesterday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to stay an order by a federal court that bars the federal government from deploying the National Guard to Illinois. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices that the order by U.S. District Judge April Perry “cause[s] irreparable harm to the Executive Branch by countermanding the President’s authority as Commander in Chief, jeopardizing the lives and safety of DHS officers, and preventing the President and the Secretary of War from taking reasonable and lawful measures to protect federal personnel from the violent resistance that has persisted in the Chicago area for several months.”

The Court instructed the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago to file their response by the end of business on Monday, October 20.