The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court ruling that prevented the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, citing a federal statute granting the president such authority.
U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer wrote to the court on Nov. 10 to explain the interpretation of “regular forces” under federal law that allows the president to take command of state National Guard troops. The letter was sent in response to the Supreme Court’s Oct. 29 request for clarification.
Sauer stated in the letter that, under Section 12406, the president is authorized to deploy the National Guard when he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”…