Members of the Texas National Guard arrive at an army reserve training facility on Tuesday in Elwood, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Federal courtrooms on opposite sides of the country on Thursday served as stages for the ongoing showdown between Democratic-led cities and the Trump administration, as judges weighed whether the president is exceeding his authority by deploying National Guard troops to quell demonstrations outside ICE facilities near Chicago and Portland.

In a scathing oral ruling from Chicago, US District Court Judge April Perry granted a temporary restraining order halting the Trump administration’s deployment of soldiers in the state of Illinois for two weeks.

“I have seen no credible evidence that there has been rebellion in the state of Illinois” that would j

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