With Troop Deployments in US Cities, Trump Has Picked a Fight With the Constitution

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With Troop Deployments in US Cities, Trump Has Picked a Fight With the Constitution
Constitution, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties | Donald Trump
by Steven Harper | October 25, 2025 - 5:10am


President Donald Trump’s ICE raids in American cities are not simply efforts to deport undocumented immigrants or battle crime. In addition to creating fear and desensitizing law-abiding citizens to a military presence on American streets, Trump wanted to pick a fight.

And he has.

Specifically, Trump wanted a legal fight that he could take to the conservative majority on the US Supreme Court. If it accepts his justification for “federalizing” the National Guard over a state governor’s objections, he’ll have unrestrained power to deploy the military on American soil any time, any place, and for any reason.

The implications are staggering. Fear has gripped neighborhoods where armed troops patrol the streets as something akin to an occupying force. During the 2026 midterm elections, deployments would be a powerful voter suppression tool.

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