Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Illinois

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Police face demonstrators near the "Free Speech Zone" outside the immigrant processing and detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 17, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 delayed ruling on whether the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago is lawful.

Instead, the justices directed attorneys for the Trump administration, state of Illinois, and city of Chicago, to address what the term “regular forces” means in a federal law that allows the president to take command of state National Guard troops.