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SCOTUS Blocks Trump on Chicago

Bill Whittle Network

Bill Whittle Network

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Back in September President Trump ordered National Guard troops into Washington DC to restore order — a move that was shocking in its effectiveness. But legally and constitutionally, DC is a unique case. The Supreme Court has blocked the President’s attempt to do the same in order to protect ICE agents in Chicago, and your Right Angle team takes a look at the problem from both a practical and philosophical angle.

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0:00.0

The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump cannot send National Guard troops to Chicago to protect

0:09.0

ostensibly federal officers and buildings.

0:13.0

I'm Scott out with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green.

0:15.0

This episode of Right Angles brought to you by the members at Bill Whittle.com.

0:18.0

And gentlemen, this is, as we record this anyway, breaking news,

0:22.3

the Supreme Court on Tuesday, this is the, what is this, the 23rd of December, refused to

0:29.7

allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area

0:34.3

over the objection of Illinois officials. So Illinois didn't want him to do it.

0:38.7

Trump wanted to do it. Casting doubt on the viability of similar deployments in other American

0:43.4

cities, the Justice's order, the Supreme Court Justice's order, is preliminary, but it blocks

0:48.6

the Trump administration for now, from ordering state-based military forces to the Chicago area to take part in an

0:56.0

immigration crackdown and arrest. It's a three-page unsigned ruling. However, there were some

1:01.8

objections that were written by Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch. And Alito wroteito wrote that quote the protection of federal officers from

1:14.0

potentially lethal attacks should not be thwarted meaning should not be thwarted by keeping the

1:20.0

the National Guard troops out of there under federal authority. Steve we find ourselves in an

1:27.1

unusual position as conservatives enthusiastic about much

1:30.9

of that which the Trump administration has done over the years. Now that you see that the Supreme

1:37.3

Court largely are favored by a majority that's a Trump appointees has slapped the president's wrist in essence and said, you don't

1:46.5

want to nationalize those forces and send them to Chicago.

1:51.0

Some objections by some conservatives there.

1:53.4

How do you feel about allowing the president of the United States to intrude upon what might otherwise be a state matter or a local

2:03.6

matter of policing. Yeah, generally, I'm not a fan of that sort of thing at all. You know, I believe

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