Federal courts across the country have heard legal challenges to the mobilization of troops in Los Angeles, Washington, Portland, Ore., and Chicago. Here’s how some judges have ruled.

District Judge April Perry said she worried the troops’ presence would “only add fuel to the fire”.

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon. U.S. District Judge April Perry said that permitting Guard troops in the state would only…

Judge April M. Perry said the Trump administration had not established that sending in troops over the governor’s objection was legally justified. The government is appealing.

CHICAGO: A federal judge on Thursday (Oct 9) ordered a temporary halt to President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area as part of his swe

President Donald Trump is now finding fewer support from Republican state attorneys general (AGs) over his controversial deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, Illinois.Newsweek reported Thursday that while Trump had 22 Republican AGs sign onto an amicus (meaning "friend of the court") brie...

As the legal battles play out, 500 National Guard troops stand at the ready near Chicago. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.