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Trump Faces Legal Pushback as He Tries to Deploy National Guard to Chicago, Portland

Published October 6, 2025

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A satirical card dramatizing Trump's attempt to deploy National Guard troops into Portland and Chicago - portrayed as a monarch sending boots into cities, countered by legal scrolls and local resistance.

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Illinois and Chicago leaders sued to block President Trump's plan to deploy federalized National Guard troops into Chicago, following a federal judge's restraining order blocking guard deployment in Portland. The legal challenges argue the deployments violate state sovereignty, the 10th Amendment, and lack conditions warranting military intervention. The administration claims the troops are needed to protect federal assets - but critics say the move is a constitutional overreach and militarization of cities.

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