ClickOnDetroit · October 14, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Schedules Oral Arguments on Wednesday Over the National Guard Deployment in Washington, D.C.

• Oral arguments were scheduled for Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, months after the court paused a lower court's ruling that the deployment was illegal, according to the Associated Press report.
• President Donald Trump deployed the Guard in August 2025; the force rose to a peak of about 5,000 troops over the summer, according to the report.
• The case was brought by D.C.'s attorney general, and the city has argued that the mobilization is an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement, according to the report; the administration says the deployment has contributed to a decrease in crime in the city, according to the report.

Court schedule and both parties' positions as reported by the Associated Press. Original headline: "Appeals court will hear arguments on Trump's National Guard deployment in the nation's capital".