Officials, including activist judges, refuse to let Republican efforts to fight crime go unpunished, with the most recent challenge coming from Tennessee.

On Monday, a Tennessee judge blocked the deployment of the National Guard to clean up the city of Memphis.

'I’m grateful for the President’s commitment to keeping Memphians safe by ensuring we have every federal resource at our disposal.'

According to the AP, Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal, a Democrat , decided that Republican Governor Bill Lee does not have the power to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in the absence of rebellion or invasion.

The judge found that the deployment of the National Guard likely violates the state's military code and that state officials "are suffering or will suffer irreparable ha

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