The Daily Fuckup

A federal judge on Oct. 9, 2025, temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois, issuing a 14-day restraining order after finding no substantial evidence that a rebellion was underway.

U.S. District Judge April Perry’s order paused the deployment while the case moves forward. The ruling did not end the legal fight, but it put the administration’s plan on hold and signaled that the record presented to the court was not enough to justify the step at this stage.

The dispute centers on the administration’s attempt to send Guard troops into Illinois in support of federal operations tied to immigration enforcement. Illinois officials challenged the move as unlawful and unnecessary, arguing that the state did not face the kind of emergency that would warrant military intervention. Perry agreed, at least for now, saying the government had not shown the level of threat required for the deployment.

The order leaves the broader question unresolved: how far a president can go in using the National Guard inside a state over local objections. For the moment, though, the deployment is blocked in Illinois for two weeks while the court continues to consider the case.