Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois.
In response, Ben Olinsky, senior vice president for Structural Reform and Governance at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
The Supreme Court made an important decision today to safeguard the people of Illinois from a president seeking to score cheap political points by deploying the National Guard in flagrant abuse of the law. While this case will continue, today’s ruling shows that even this extreme right-wing court recognizes the president crossed a critical line here—and that there are limits to his authority.
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