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John, a federal judge has ruled that Trump’s National Guard invasion in Los Angeles was illegal – and issued a dire warning that Trump wants to create “a national police force with the President as its chief.” [1]

Now, D.C. local government is taking Trump to court too – arguing his hostile takeover of the capital is flat-out unconstitutional. [2]

We’ve been saying this all along: Trump wants the power of a dictator, not a president, and he’ll trample all over your rights and mine to get it. Now, instead of backing down, he’s doubling down – even after he lost in court.

Who’s next on his target list? He has threatened Chicago, Baltimore, and New Orleans – overriding local officials and silencing residents who never asked for armed troops patrolling their streets. [3]

History shows that if Congress doesn’t stop him now, Trump will keep escalating until we don’t have a democracy anymore. He’ll keep making up emergencies so he can treat our neighborhoods like war zones – and no city will be off limits.

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In D.C., Trump declared a phony “state of emergency” to strip residents of their local control and install his allies. [4]

In Los Angeles, he deployed troops against the will of the governor and mayor. [5]

And now, a leaked memo confirms Trump has already sent the military into Chicago – with more troops arriving soon. [6]

If it’s anything like his occupation of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., deploying the National Guard won’t do a thing to make people any safer – but will instead violate residents’ rights, militarize our communities, and threaten his political opponents to fall in line.

Trump’s team is saying the quiet part out loud – with his lawyers essentially arguing that he has broad authority to ignore the Constitution and deploy troops against Americans whenever and wherever he wants. [7]

The court flatly rejected that claim, ruling that his use of the National Guard in Los Angeles broke the law. Now Trump has appealed the ruling – and could take the fight all the way to the Supreme Court in hopes of cementing this dangerous power grab. [8]

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We need to make it clear that we are not, and will never be, a dictatorship. But stopping Trump’s authoritarian takeover of our cities will take all of us raising our voices together – right now.

Thanks for all you do,

The team at Common Cause

[1] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.176.0_1.pdf
[2] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-district-of-columbia-sues-over-trumps-deployment-of-the-national-guard
[3] https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d
[4] https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5498666/trump-is-taking-over-d-c-police-and-sending-in-the-national-guard-locals-are-furious
[5] https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2025/09/02/la-trump-national-guard-ruling-00540464
[6] https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-leak-confirms-chicago-military
[7] https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/trump-national-guard-posse-comitatus/
[8] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/trump-appeals-california-national-guard-deployment.html