As Chicago’s leaders celebrate a court victory blocking federal troop deployments, New Orleans is preparing for hundreds of National Guard members to descend on the city for New Year’s Eve. Two different responses for two different cities highlight how the same White House policy is playing out in dramatically different ways across the country.
Two days before Christmas, the Republican administration’s emergency request to overturn a ruling blocking troop deployment in the Chicago area was upheld when the Supreme Court justices declined to overturn a ruling by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The court ruled that the administration had not shown legal authority to deploy military forces in Illinois. According to ABC7 Chicago, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented in the 6-3 ruling. Read more at theroot.com.
