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* The Tribune…
A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday said she will not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in before deciding how to proceed on her restraining order barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Illinois.
At a status hearing before U.S. District Judge April Perry, both sides said they had agreed to at least a 30-day extension of Perry’s order. But they disagreed on how to proceed while the Supreme Court decides whether to grant a stay, with lawyers for the government saying they’d prefer to wait before beginning the process of sharing discovery.
* Sun-Times federal court reporter Jon Seidel…
Illinois attorney Christopher Wells pitches an "accelerated path to a consolidated trial on the merits" that would include live witnesses.
He notes that "the urgency of the situation is something that the [DOJ lawyer's] client created."
— Jon Seidel (@SeidelContent) October 22, 2025
* Back to the Tribune…
“(The Supreme Court) could very well rule today, they could also wait a week,” Perry told the parties in the telephone hearing.
“The problem with waiting is, every day we wait for them, you are losing time” to prepare for a trial, Perry said. “So we will not wait. If they rule today, we may have to reset the schedule tomorrow.”
Despite the time crunch, Perry said it was important to get it right given the issues at stake.
Perry tells Trump administration lawyers the ball is in their court. She's giving them some time to discuss and we're coming back at 3 p.m. for a decision on how this will proceed.
Meanwhile, the same legal team has trial over similar issues starting in Oregon next week.— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) October 22, 2025
* More…
* Crain’s | Trump administration slams Illinois, says National Guard power is solely president’s: The Trump administration today fired back at Illinois and Chicago in a U.S. Supreme Court reply brief, calling one of their key arguments “outlandish” and saying the question of whether to call up the National Guard is “committed exclusively to the president’s discretion.” The reply comes one day after Illinois and Chicago urged the court not to lift an order blocking the deployment of Guard troops in the city or suburbs and arguing that state and local police have been able to handle “isolated” protests.
* Capitol News Illinois | Trump agrees to extend judge’s block on deploying National Guard as Supreme Court weighs case: Lawyers for the state of Illinois shot back in its own filing Monday, citing two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the last century, including one “invalidating presidential seizure of steel mills during the Korean War.” “Furthermore, ‘federal courts are fully empowered to consider’ claims ‘resulting from military intrusion into the civilian sector,’” lawyers in Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office wrote, citing a 1972 decision. “There are numerous indications that the questions presented here … fall within this duty.”
posted by Isabel Miller
Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 12:19 pm
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Good for the judge. Hold them to trial get discovery
Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 12:28 pm
Another self important federal district judge with little respect for the Supreme Court
Comment by Sue Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 12:50 pm
== Another self important federal district judge with little respect for the Supreme Court==
Please. Scotus is considering an emergency motion to stay a tro, not the merits of the case as a whole. Such an emergency that doj is fine with extending the tro in the meantime (eyeroll)
Comment by fs Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 12:54 pm
Doesn’t matter much when 6 reactionaries who have lifetime appointments and the Fox News app on their phones will be making the final decision.
Comment by Larry Bowa Jr. Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 1:00 pm
Perry, like most of the District judges hearing cases based on facts, is doing a great job. The MAGA SCOTUS deserves no respect given their obsequious rulings disregarding the facts at the district trial level and the laws enacted by Congress.
Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 1:18 pm
@Sue
The feds agreed to extending the TRO. I swear you are the Jeanne Ives burner account.
Comment by localgovhero Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 1:24 pm
“I swear you are the Jeanne Ives burner account.”
I think this may be today’s winner — hilarious.
Comment by Flapdoodle Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 1:32 pm
=Another self important federal district judge with little respect for the Supreme Court=
So…tell me you do not understand how the courts work without telling me.
@Flapddodle +1
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 1:38 pm
And as of this afternoon doj has agreed to extend the tro until the case is decided on the merits. Because, it’s an emergency situation…or something.
Comment by fs Wednesday, Oct 22, 25 @ 3:38 pm