With the Trump administration's bid to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois still on hold amid a court battle, the Supreme Court is asking for more information from both sides, pushing back any decision by the nation's highest court until at least mid-November.

The Trump administration earlier this month asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Chicago, blocking any troop deployment in Illinois.

The state of Illinois and city of Chicago have challenged the planned National Guard deployment as illegal, and the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked both sides to file briefs answering the question of "whether the term 'regular forces' refers to the regular forces of the United States military, and, if so, how that interpretation affects t

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