Trump vs. Chicago: National Guard Showdown Without a Heads-Up!
Illinois is throwing down the legal gauntlet against Trump's 'provocative and arbitrary' federalized National Guard deploymentâyep, no chit-chat before Texas guardsmen landed uninvited in the Windy City. Governor JB Pritzker, who openly accused federal agents Sunday on CNN of turning Chicago into a 'war zone,' pleaded with them to 'get the heck out.' The 69-page lawsuit cites the Posse Comitatus Act to argue the move is as legal as a raccoon running a bank. This circus comes on the heels of ICE raids rounding up brown and Black Chicagoans, and a wild episode where Customs agents exchanged paint jobs with vehicles and bullets. Meanwhile, CA and OR courts already blocked similar Trump moves, showing Federalism 101 is alive, just very chaotic.
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When Trump orders Texas guardsmen to invade Illinois without a heads-up, democracy gets a surprise party no one RSVP'd to. 'Call up your own troops or else' sounds less like leadership, more like toddler tantrum tactics. Unconstitutional? Probably. Spectacular? Absolutely.
Illinois didnât get a memo before Texas troops showed up, proving federal coordination is like a surprise partyâbut with guns and zero fun.
Trump using the National Guard as his personal party crashers is an innovative way to say 'I run this,' if only in Star Wars fanfiction.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/6/2025 | Author: Avery Lotz
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