The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration to temporarily block its deployment of the National Guard in Illinois to assist with immigration enforcement. The ruling came several months after the Department of Justice sought relief from the Supreme Court. Most judges noted that federal law generally prohibits using the military for domestic law enforcement, and the relevant law cited by the Trump administration likely applies only to regular armed forces—Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines—and not to situations requiring maintaining public order. The court did not make a final ruling on the constitutionality of the National Guard's deployment, but clearly signaled a strong reservation about the government's legal basis. The decision was divided. Three conservative justices (Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch) filed a dissenting opinion; another conservative justice, Brett Kavanaugh, voted against Trump's request but did not join the majority's legal reasoning. POLITICO analyzed that this was a rare defeat for Trump after he had repeatedly relied on the Supreme Court's "emergency docket" (emergency docket) to win during his first year in his second term. Although the ruling is not a final judgment, it is seen as a significant legal setback for the president, given the resistance from Democratic state and local leaders who have sued to block the deployment of federalized forces to multiple major cities to advance a tough immigration agenda.
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