Backgrounder: National Guard Deployment Litigation
- Publisher
- States United Democracy Center
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- Type
- analysis
- Link
- https://statesunited.org/resources/national-guard-litigation/
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
- Rights
- reference only — we link and describe; we do not republish the text.
Cited in
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Troops on American streets: the Guard deployments the courts found illegal, from Los Angeles to Chicago
Trump federalized thousands of Guard troops and sent Marines into Los Angeles, then Portland, Chicago, Memphis and Washington; a judge found Posse Comitatus violations, the Supreme Court said he likely lacked authority, and he retreated.