Staff Reports
The Supreme Court dealt a significant setback to President Trump’s efforts to restore order in Chicago by rejecting his request to deploy National Guard troops amid violent protests targeting federal immigration enforcement. In a 6-3 decision issued on December 23, 2025, the justices upheld a lower court’s block on federalizing 300 Illinois National Guard members and Texas troops sent to protect ICE officers and facilities. The unsigned order faulted the administration for failing to demonstrate adequate legal authority under 10 U.S.C. §12406(3), which allows such action only when the President cannot execute federal laws with regular forces.
Chicago has descended into chaos as radical protesters, emboldened by sanctuary city policies under Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, have repeatedly assaulted ICE agents, vandalized federal property, and blocked immigration operations at the Broadview processing center. Reports detail rioters arriving in organized vans armed with shields, fireworks, lasers, and even loaded firearms, slashing tires on government vehicles, ramming cars into Border Patrol agents, and doxxing officers at their homes. Local police have stood idly by, refusing calls for backup, leaving federal personnel vulnerable and underscoring how Democrat-led resistance hampers America’s sovereign right to enforce its borders.
This ruling ignores the dire reality on the ground, where ICE operations have ground to a halt due to these attacks, forcing agents to divert resources from deportations to mere survival. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented, with Alito blasting the majority for overreaching into the President’s Commander-in-Chief powers and downplaying the threats to federal officers’ lives. Even Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred on narrow grounds, warning of potential future crises where mobs could overrun courthouses or facilities without Guard support, yet the decision ties Trump’s hands at a critical moment.
Past presidents like Eisenhower and Kennedy deployed the National Guard decisively against unrest—Eisenhower to enforce desegregation in Little Rock, Kennedy in Mississippi—without such judicial interference, proving these tools are essential for executive authority. Today’s activist court, however, second-guesses Trump’s factual assessment of the violence, prioritizing sanctuary radicals over law-abiding Americans demanding secure borders and safe streets. This not only endangers ICE heroes but emboldens chaos in other blue cities like Portland and Los Angeles, where similar Guard efforts face legal sabotage.
President Trump must now explore every avenue, including the Insurrection Act, to bypass this obstacle and deploy whatever forces necessary to crush the riots and resume mass deportations of criminal illegals flooding our nation. Americans cannot afford a Supreme Court that handcuffs decisive leadership against open-border anarchy; it’s time to affirm that federal law trumps local obstructionism every time. The stakes for national security and public safety demand swift action, proving once again that weak-kneed rulings only invite more violence from those who despise law and order.
