Guard troops patrol Memphis; a judge blocks Chicago
National Guard troops begin patrolling Memphis (Oct. 10) under a Sept. 15 task-force memo, with the Tennessee governor's support; a parallel move to deploy troops to the Chicago area is blocked by Judge April Perry, who finds no evidence of a “danger of rebellion” in Illinois.
What happened
National Guard troops begin patrolling Memphis (Oct. 10) under a Sept. 15 task-force memo, with the Tennessee governor's support; a parallel move to deploy troops to the Chicago area is blocked by Judge April Perry, who finds no evidence of a “danger of rebellion” in Illinois.
Why it matters
Emergency and domestic-force authorities can bypass ordinary limits and move coercive power closer to direct presidential control. It is tracked here under “Deploy troops to U.S. cities”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.