Overview
- The Court issued the ruling on December 23, 2025, halting plans to send Guard troops to Illinois centered on Chicago.
- The vote was 6–3, with three conservative justices joining the three liberals, while Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented.
- The majority concluded the administration did not identify a National Guard statute permitting deployment to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois.
- The order suspends any deployment tied to federal immigration operations while the legal question remains unresolved.
- Illinois and Chicago officials had opposed the plan, and the decision is being reported as a legal and political setback for the White House.