Federal Judge Freezes Trump's Chicago Military Deployment

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A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so.

U.S. District Judge April Perry, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, found that the Trump administration’s account of recent protests in Chicago were not credible and could not amount to a “rebellion” against the federal government.

“I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois,” Perry, ruling from the bench, said.

The judge temporarily enjoined the Trump administration from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard within Illinois.

The judge disagreed with the Trump administration’s assessment that agents have not been able to carry out federal law in Chicago, noting that deportations and arrests were up and courthouses remained open and functional.

The judge noted that a military deployment in Chicago, rather than soothing conditions, would likely incite further unrest.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-halts-trump-chicago-illinois-national-guard-military-deployment/


Judge April Perry made the ruling from the bench Thursday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in downtown Chicago.

Perry said not even the most ardent Federalist, Alexander Hamilton, believed one state’s militia could be sent to another state for political retribution.

Christopher Wells, division chief of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, said there is no rebellion in Illinois to justify the deployment of federal troops.

“War and insurrection are heavy words, and the people who wrote the Constitution did not use them lightly,” Wells said in his opening remarks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-judge-grants-illinois-restraining-order-against-trump-for-guard-deployment/ar-AA1OaEEr


The judge said she was “troubled” by what she described as a disconnect between the official orders from the federal government directing the activities of military troops in Chicago and the public statements made by the president about what their duties are in the city.

Perry said that tactics used by immigration agents in Chicago so far have only increased the risk of protests, and that bringing in the National Guard would only make matters worse.

She also rejected the president’s claim that his actions were lawful because protests against his immigration crackdown in Chicago posed the risk of rebellion against US government authority.

“Evidence demonstrates that the deployment of the National Guard will lead to civil unrest,” she said.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-troop-deployment-to-chicago-blocked-for-now-by-judge



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1. tro

‪Jon Seidel‬ ‪@jonseidel.bsky.social · 12m
U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

[yellow dahlia]

2. The courts hold more often than not.

And when that happens, Miller and others in the regime define the court orders as being an act of insurrection. The regime is out of control.

[Bluetus]

7. Let's see if the 7th curcuit overturns

While this is considered a conservative circuit, my guess is that this is not a hill they want to die on. I bet they let the TRO stand.

And likewise, the implications ore so dire that I am not sure the SCOTUS would step in.

[ancianita]

8. Yes, and due to the filing patterns they're seeing, they're watching the each other's courts. Weissman emphasized

that last night.

I won't be surprised to read that judges' lives (and their families' ) will be at a high threat level.
It's the last might-makes-right "solution" of authoritarian regimes.

[Totally Tunsie]

3. "Back on the bus, boys."

[malaise]

4. K& R

For visibility

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5. Tough luck Donny boy

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago

trump loses again

Link to tweet

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-restraining-order/

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge April Perry is the latest setback for Trump, who has claimed ongoing violence and clashes between protesters and immigration agents in Chicago and other U.S. cities justified sending federalized troops onto the streets as a security force, even as local and state officials accused the president of manufacturing a crisis to justify unnecessary -- and unprecedented -- force.

In her oral ruling from the bench, Perry said National Guard troops are "not trained in de-escalation or other extremely important law enforcement functions that would help to quell these problems," and that allowing troops to come into Chicago "will only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started."

The judge also said the Trump administration's attempts to protesters as violent rebels "cannot be aligned" with the view of local officials. Perry said she had no faith in the declarations of federal officials submitted to the court " due in large part of a growing body of evidence that the Department of Homeland Security's views are "simply unreliable."

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9. K&R

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10. Thank you Judge Perry