Political opposition is not rebellion

I really appreciate the reasoning, not just the Circuit Court outcome (bolded), in this case which will be binding precedent in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana:

Protesters have protested at an ICE facility a few miles west of Chicago for the past 19 years—with somewhat more intensity recently following the announcement of Operation Midway Blitz. A month after the announcement, the president federalized the Illinois National Guard. District court: Enjoined. Seventh Circuit: Just so. Political opposition is not rebellion, and a protest doesn’t become a rebellion merely due to a few isolated incidents of violence. Without that, none of the statutory predicates for federalizing the National Guard have been met.

Institute for Justice, Short Circuits for 10/17/25.

Much of the political opposition to Trump’s authoritarian surge having collapsed, disheartened, it’s good to see Federal Courts holding fairly firm.

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