Update: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not immediately order an administrative stay on Friday. She ordered Illinois officials to respond by Monday.
UPDATE: Justice Amy Coney Barrett has ordered Illinois officials to respond by Monday at 5PM ET, BUT she did not order the immediate administrative stay the Trump admin asked for. More w/@kyledcheney @ShiaKapos https://t.co/jUblwFvEUd
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) October 17, 2025
President Trump on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to intervene and allow National Guard troops to be deployed in Chicago.
As previously reported, a federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Biden judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard troop deployment to Chicago.
A federal judge last Thursday issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Chicago.
US District Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee, said Trump’s troop deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act as well as the 10th and 14th Amendments.
President Trump mobilized Texas National Guard Troops and sent them to Chicago to protect ICE agents from violent far-left Antifa terrorists.
“The National Guard’s mission in Chicago is to protect federal lives and property that are facing constant criminal assault. The guard protecting DHS is activated under *federal control* and therefore, like any federal troops, can emanate from any state if such resources prove necessary to DHS (the way troops are pulled from any base). They are operating as a federal force protecting federal assets,” White House Advisor Stephen Miller previously said.
“Chicago and Illinois leaders are committing a crime against every other state by obstructing ICE in order to facilitate this foreign criminal invasion across the entire United States,” he added.
The National Guard’s mission in Chicago is to protect federal lives and property that are facing constant criminal assault. The guard protecting DHS is activated under *federal control* and therefore, like any federal troops, can emanate from any state if such resources prove…
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 9, 2025
Last Saturday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals lifted Judge Perry’s Temporary Restraining Order on Trump’s mobilization of National Guard Troops.
However, the Seventh Circuit left in place Judge Perry’s block on troop deployment in a one-page order.
On Thursday, the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld Judge Perry’s order blocking President Trump’s troop deployment.
The three-judge panel included: Rovner (George H. W. Bush), Hamilton (Obama) and St. Eve (George W. Bush).
The appeals court judges agreed with Judge Perry’s assertion that there was “insufficient evidence of rebellion or a danger of a rebellion.”
The judicial coup continues.
Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, recently blocked President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland.
Last Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously voted to lift Judge Immergut’s Temporary Restraining Order on Trump’s mobilization of Oregon National Guard Troops.
However, the Ninth Circuit left in place Judge Immergut’s block on troop deployment.