The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area. The emergency request followed a judge’s order blocking the deployment of Guard members from Illinois and Texas to assist immigration enforcement for at least two weeks. A federal appeals court refused to suspend the judge’s order. The Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, has repeatedly ruled in Trump’s favour in emergency appeals since he took office in January, often overturning lower court decisions and over the objections of the three liberal justices. The court has previously allowed Trump to ban transgender people from the military, recover billions in federal spending, take strong actions against immigrants, and remove presidentially ap

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