President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois will likely remain on hold through mid-November after the U.S. Supreme Court sought more information from lawyers Wednesday.

The request ended 12 days of silence from the justices. The Trump administration asked the high court on Oct. 17 to undo an order from U.S. District Judge April Perry that’s blocked the troop deployment since Oct. 9.

Perry’s order was originally temporary and set to expire after two weeks. However, Justice Department lawyers agreed last week to let it stand until a final judgment in her courtroom, and pending the Supreme Court’s review.

Litigation around National Guard deployment in Illinois, Oregon and California has revolved around a federal law that allows the president to call into fe

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