President Donald Trump faces yet another contentious court case if he attempts to order the National Guard to combat crime in Pennsylvania, an unprecedented move that Gov. Josh Shapiro says is neither warranted nor wanted, and that pushes the boundaries of presidential power, according to legal scholars.

The president has touted his use of the National Guard to address violent crime in Washington, D.C., the sole place where the guard answers only to the president. Trump is also fighting an ongoing case over his deployment in June of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to control crowds and back up federal agents during immigration and drug raids in Los Angeles. He has suggested Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans and other cities could be next.

State and federal officials told the Post-Gazet

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