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2 days agoThis ruling upholds the Circuit Court order barring the use of national guard forces specifically in Chicago.
A separate order was issued in the ninth circuit barring the use of national guard forces in Portland. That has been appealed and was waiting for this decision.
It’s unlikely the administration will prevail in lifting the order in Portland now that this decision was made against their favor.
Well to be fair, SCOTUS hasn’t ruled on the merits yet. This decision just upholds the lower court’s TRO.
If the court grants cert for the actual case, we’d see some kind of precedent established. It’s very unlikely they’d rule narrowly and limit the scope to a single deployment since the administration’s argument is consistent across all of them.