One Amicus Brief May Have Given Supreme Court an Out in Chicago National Guard Case
Source: Talking Point Memo
The Supreme Court is, apparently, reading its amicus briefs — and one of them may provide an offramp from immediately having to decide whether President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard into Illinois.
On Wednesday, the Court asked for further briefing on whether the term “regular forces,” in the context of the law that governs the federalization of the National Guard, means the regular military forces or the regular civilian forces. This definition is critical; Trump is attempting to deploy the Guard using a statute that suggests he can do so when “the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
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Good news for those that recognize freedom american style...Marty Lederman famous lawyer and teacher constitutional scholar
helps the SCOTUS see the light & force DOJ to come up with a better reason to federalize the national guard ....
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