On Nov. 10, the Trump administration submitted supplemental arguments to the Supreme Court claiming that no court — including the Supreme Court itself — can question the president’s ability to deploy military troops against U.S. cities.

“The President’s determination to call up the National Guard is a core exercise of his power as Commander in Chief over military affairs, based on an explicit delegation from Congress,” Trump’s lawyers wrote. “That determination is not judicially reviewable at all; at minimum, it is entitled to extremely deferential review, under which (Trump’s deployment) should be upheld.”

Claiming that Trump called up the National Guard in Chicago “in light of the violent, organized resistance” faced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the attorneys insisted

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