The Supreme Court is about to rule on whether Trump can use troops against Americans

National Guard personnel deployed at an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, near Chicago. | Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images About a month ago, Trump v. Illinois looked like it was going to be one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions of the entire Trump era. The case concerns President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy National Guard troops to an immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois, in order to suppress a small protest that has ranged in size from a few dozen people to about 200. After two lower courts ruled that Trump’s use of the National Guard in this w