ICE Gets a Taste of Chicago Resistance from the Supreme Court!
Happy Holidays (a little early)!!
Sorry for the double post today, but this one hits home for me. Sweet home, Chicago, where I grew up.
The Supreme Court surprised me just now by saying NO to the regime’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Chicago.
What makes this surprising is that this happened via the shadow docket, which is a process the court uses to, usually, just let the regime do what it wants regarding whatever is in front of them that day.
What happens is that instead of holding a regular session over an issue, they make an emergency ruling on whether the administration can do something horrible until the SCOTUS can schedule a longer hearing and vote on the issue more formally.
They’ve been doing this an inordinate number of times. I don’t have time to look up the precise number of shadow docket rulings they’ve made, but it’s a lot. They’ve ruined a lot of lives up until now with this shadow docket nonsense.
Not this time, which is what makes it so sweet on this day before the holidays. Texas National Guard troops can now go home to their families (don’t let Chicago’s big, broad doors hit you on the way out).
Per the New York Times (gift link included):
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area over the objection of Illinois officials, casting doubt on the viability of similar deployments in other American cities.
The justices’ order is preliminary, but it blocks the Trump administration for now from ordering the state-based military force to the Chicago area, where an immigration crackdown led to thousands of arrests and confrontations between residents and federal agents.
In its temporary ruling against the administration, the court refused to grant the president broad discretion to deploy the military in U.S. cities. It represented a rare departure from recent cases, in which the conservative majority has overwhelmingly sided with Mr. Trump in preliminary tests of presidential power.
Good news for a change. Let me know if the free link doesn’t work and you want to read more anyway.
Happy Egg Nogging!
That’s phenomenal news, Charles! It seems that the regime wanted to get citizens used to having troops on their streets before the 2026 elections. The fact that SCOTUS said no in a preliminary decision is really important to democracy.
Just what we needed for Christmas! Let's hope it's the gift that keeps on giving!