Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in National Guard Cases

Trump’s use of National Guard troops to help decrease crime in high-crime cities has faced opposition from some local and state officials.
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in National Guard Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s deployments of National Guard troops to restore law and order in high-crime cities have run into roadblocks, and on Oct. 17, he asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

Local officials of Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois, have been taking legal action against the president in response to his attempts to confront crime in two of the most violent cities in the country.