As most government activities remain shut down in Washington D.C. due to budget gridlock, the National Guard remains on patrol across the nation’s capital.

In a suit filed in federal court, attorneys for Sam O’Hara, 35, of Washington, said he would regularly protest the National Guard’s presence by walking several feet behind them and playing the march also known as "Darth Vader's Theme," from "The Empire Strikes Back," the second film in the "Star Wars" series, when he saw them in the community.

A Washington D.C. man was arrested last month for following National Guard troops around while playing “The Imperial March,” Darth Vader’s theme song in the Star Wars films. But now that man is suing, with the help of the ACLU, because he says his First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated while he engaged in peaceful protest.

The law might have tolerated government conduct of this sort a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” Sam O’Hara’s lawyers with the ACLU wrote in the complaint.

Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Richard Lindsay said Oct. 24, 2025, that he wants to hear more about the legality behind Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s order to deploy hundreds from th National Guard to Washington D.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will deploy the National Guard to support food banks because of expected delays to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown.

As Trump’s agenda against left-wing cities intensifies, we have to concern ourselves with the possibility of Seattle being his administration’s next target. These concerns seem to be shared by the mayor’s office;

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just temporarily paused a ruling from a split three-judge panel that would have allowed President Donald Trump to call up the National Guard in Portland,