#boasberg — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/people/212321/ Controversial anti-Trump Judge Boasberg keeps ruling against POTUS, but keeps getting overturned #Boasberg #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates
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A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”
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A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”
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A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”
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A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”
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A prosecutor handling the case conceded at a closed-door court hearing in March that the government hadn’t yet found any evidence of a #crime, & a judge subsequently quashed subpoenas issued to the #FederalReserve. The judge, James #Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced “essentially zero evidence” to suspect Powell of a crime. Boasberg said prosecutors’ justification for the subpoenas as “thin & unsubstantiated.”
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#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
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#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
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#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
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#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
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#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
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…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.
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…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.
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…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.
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…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.
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…On March 15, 2025, #Boasberg issued a TRO barring the admin from transferring a group of Venezuelan immigrants to #ElSalvador under the #AlienEnemiesAct an 18th century #law. After the order was entered, 2 planeloads of immigrants protected by the order departed from the #US on their way to El Salvador, where they were locked up in #CECOT, one of the world’s most violent prisons. The admin said then DHS Secy Kristi Noem was responsible for the transfer decision.
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“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.
Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”
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“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.
Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”
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“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.
Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”
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“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.
Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”
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“#Criminal #contempt is available only for the violation of an order that is clear & specific. (#Boasberg’s March 2025 order) did not clearly & specifically bar the government from transferring plaintiffs into Salvadoran custody,” Rao wrote.
Lawyers for the deported immigrants will ask the full circuit court to review the panel’s decision, acc/to plaintiffs’ attorney Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU. Gelernt said the majority opinion is “a blow to the rule of law.”
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According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.
The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.
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According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.
The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.
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According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.
The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.
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According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.
The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.
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According to the [BS] majority opinion by a 3-judge panel from US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge James #Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with #criminal #contempt proceedings stemming from the March 2025 #deportation flights.
The ruling is the latest twist in a yearlong legal saga that has became a flashpoint in #Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The White House has portrayed Boasberg as a biased judge who overstepped his authority.
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A swing and a miss for human Wine Carrier and Whine dispenser, US Atty J. #Pirro, who again was slapped down by a federal judge. It’s like tv personalities didn’t really study law, or something.
District Judge James #Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against #Powell, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
“Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not,” Boasberg wrote in a decision unsealed Friday. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will.”
“On the other side of the scale,” Boasberg continued, “the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
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A swing and a miss for human Wine Carrier and Whine dispenser, US Atty J. #Pirro, who again was slapped down by a federal judge. It’s like tv personalities didn’t really study law, or something.
District Judge James #Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against #Powell, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
“Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not,” Boasberg wrote in a decision unsealed Friday. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will.”
“On the other side of the scale,” Boasberg continued, “the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
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A swing and a miss for human Wine Carrier and Whine dispenser, US Atty J. #Pirro, who again was slapped down by a federal judge. It’s like tv personalities didn’t really study law, or something.
District Judge James #Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against #Powell, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
“Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not,” Boasberg wrote in a decision unsealed Friday. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will.”
“On the other side of the scale,” Boasberg continued, “the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
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A swing and a miss for human Wine Carrier and Whine dispenser, US Atty J. #Pirro, who again was slapped down by a federal judge. It’s like tv personalities didn’t really study law, or something.
District Judge James #Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against #Powell, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
“Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not,” Boasberg wrote in a decision unsealed Friday. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will.”
“On the other side of the scale,” Boasberg continued, “the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
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A swing and a miss for human Wine Carrier and Whine dispenser, US Atty J. #Pirro, who again was slapped down by a federal judge. It’s like tv personalities didn’t really study law, or something.
District Judge James #Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against #Powell, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
“Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not,” Boasberg wrote in a decision unsealed Friday. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will.”
“On the other side of the scale,” Boasberg continued, “the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
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In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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Trump's Weird Definition of
'#Alien #Enemies'Trump's invocation of the
"Alien Enemies Act" was dubious from the beginning.That rarely used 1798 statute applies when
"there is a declared war"
between the United States and a
"foreign nation or government"
or when a
"foreign nation or government"
has "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened"
an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States"
(even when a war has not been declared).In those circumstances,
the AEA authorizes
"restraint, regulation, and removal"
of "natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government,"
provided they are at least 14 years old.In a proclamation published on the evening of Saturday, March 15,
Trump implausibly claimed that members of the Venezuelan gang "Tren de Aragua"
qualified as
"alien enemies" under that definition.In addition to dubiously asserting that Tren de Aragua had "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened" an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States,"
the proclamation counterintuitively implied that the gang was a
"foreign nation or government."Trump further stretched the language of the statute by implying that alleged Tren de Aragua members were
"natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects" of the gang.His initial use of the AEA was clearly designed
💥to avoid judicial review altogether.By the time he published his proclamation,
the Department of Homeland Security was already in the process of removing detainees and sending them to CECOT.Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union got wind of the pending proclamation
and filed a complaint on behalf of five detainees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.They also sought protection for a class consisting of similarly situated detainees,
and they filed an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO),
noting that the plaintiffs were
"at substantial risk of immediate, summary removal from the United States"
under the AEA.In light of "the exigent circumstances," #James #Boasberg, the district's chief judge, promptly granted a TRO aimed at
"maintain[ing] the status quo until a hearing can be set."That hearing convened via Zoom at 5 p.m. that Saturday,
which was still three hours before Trump's proclamation appeared on the White House website.In response to the concern that airplanes bound for El Salvador were about to take off,
Boasberg repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General #Drew #Ensign what was happening.Ensign never gave Boasberg a straight answer.
https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/ -
Trump's Weird Definition of
'#Alien #Enemies'Trump's invocation of the
"Alien Enemies Act" was dubious from the beginning.That rarely used 1798 statute applies when
"there is a declared war"
between the United States and a
"foreign nation or government"
or when a
"foreign nation or government"
has "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened"
an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States"
(even when a war has not been declared).In those circumstances,
the AEA authorizes
"restraint, regulation, and removal"
of "natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government,"
provided they are at least 14 years old.In a proclamation published on the evening of Saturday, March 15,
Trump implausibly claimed that members of the Venezuelan gang "Tren de Aragua"
qualified as
"alien enemies" under that definition.In addition to dubiously asserting that Tren de Aragua had "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened" an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States,"
the proclamation counterintuitively implied that the gang was a
"foreign nation or government."Trump further stretched the language of the statute by implying that alleged Tren de Aragua members were
"natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects" of the gang.His initial use of the AEA was clearly designed
💥to avoid judicial review altogether.By the time he published his proclamation,
the Department of Homeland Security was already in the process of removing detainees and sending them to CECOT.Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union got wind of the pending proclamation
and filed a complaint on behalf of five detainees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.They also sought protection for a class consisting of similarly situated detainees,
and they filed an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO),
noting that the plaintiffs were
"at substantial risk of immediate, summary removal from the United States"
under the AEA.In light of "the exigent circumstances," #James #Boasberg, the district's chief judge, promptly granted a TRO aimed at
"maintain[ing] the status quo until a hearing can be set."That hearing convened via Zoom at 5 p.m. that Saturday,
which was still three hours before Trump's proclamation appeared on the White House website.In response to the concern that airplanes bound for El Salvador were about to take off,
Boasberg repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General #Drew #Ensign what was happening.Ensign never gave Boasberg a straight answer.
https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/ -
Trump's Weird Definition of
'#Alien #Enemies'Trump's invocation of the
"Alien Enemies Act" was dubious from the beginning.That rarely used 1798 statute applies when
"there is a declared war"
between the United States and a
"foreign nation or government"
or when a
"foreign nation or government"
has "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened"
an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States"
(even when a war has not been declared).In those circumstances,
the AEA authorizes
"restraint, regulation, and removal"
of "natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government,"
provided they are at least 14 years old.In a proclamation published on the evening of Saturday, March 15,
Trump implausibly claimed that members of the Venezuelan gang "Tren de Aragua"
qualified as
"alien enemies" under that definition.In addition to dubiously asserting that Tren de Aragua had "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened" an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States,"
the proclamation counterintuitively implied that the gang was a
"foreign nation or government."Trump further stretched the language of the statute by implying that alleged Tren de Aragua members were
"natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects" of the gang.His initial use of the AEA was clearly designed
💥to avoid judicial review altogether.By the time he published his proclamation,
the Department of Homeland Security was already in the process of removing detainees and sending them to CECOT.Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union got wind of the pending proclamation
and filed a complaint on behalf of five detainees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.They also sought protection for a class consisting of similarly situated detainees,
and they filed an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO),
noting that the plaintiffs were
"at substantial risk of immediate, summary removal from the United States"
under the AEA.In light of "the exigent circumstances," #James #Boasberg, the district's chief judge, promptly granted a TRO aimed at
"maintain[ing] the status quo until a hearing can be set."That hearing convened via Zoom at 5 p.m. that Saturday,
which was still three hours before Trump's proclamation appeared on the White House website.In response to the concern that airplanes bound for El Salvador were about to take off,
Boasberg repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General #Drew #Ensign what was happening.Ensign never gave Boasberg a straight answer.
https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/ -
Trump's Weird Definition of
'#Alien #Enemies'Trump's invocation of the
"Alien Enemies Act" was dubious from the beginning.That rarely used 1798 statute applies when
"there is a declared war"
between the United States and a
"foreign nation or government"
or when a
"foreign nation or government"
has "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened"
an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States"
(even when a war has not been declared).In those circumstances,
the AEA authorizes
"restraint, regulation, and removal"
of "natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government,"
provided they are at least 14 years old.In a proclamation published on the evening of Saturday, March 15,
Trump implausibly claimed that members of the Venezuelan gang "Tren de Aragua"
qualified as
"alien enemies" under that definition.In addition to dubiously asserting that Tren de Aragua had "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened" an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States,"
the proclamation counterintuitively implied that the gang was a
"foreign nation or government."Trump further stretched the language of the statute by implying that alleged Tren de Aragua members were
"natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects" of the gang.His initial use of the AEA was clearly designed
💥to avoid judicial review altogether.By the time he published his proclamation,
the Department of Homeland Security was already in the process of removing detainees and sending them to CECOT.Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union got wind of the pending proclamation
and filed a complaint on behalf of five detainees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.They also sought protection for a class consisting of similarly situated detainees,
and they filed an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO),
noting that the plaintiffs were
"at substantial risk of immediate, summary removal from the United States"
under the AEA.In light of "the exigent circumstances," #James #Boasberg, the district's chief judge, promptly granted a TRO aimed at
"maintain[ing] the status quo until a hearing can be set."That hearing convened via Zoom at 5 p.m. that Saturday,
which was still three hours before Trump's proclamation appeared on the White House website.In response to the concern that airplanes bound for El Salvador were about to take off,
Boasberg repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General #Drew #Ensign what was happening.Ensign never gave Boasberg a straight answer.
https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/ -
Trump's Weird Definition of
'#Alien #Enemies'Trump's invocation of the
"Alien Enemies Act" was dubious from the beginning.That rarely used 1798 statute applies when
"there is a declared war"
between the United States and a
"foreign nation or government"
or when a
"foreign nation or government"
has "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened"
an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States"
(even when a war has not been declared).In those circumstances,
the AEA authorizes
"restraint, regulation, and removal"
of "natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government,"
provided they are at least 14 years old.In a proclamation published on the evening of Saturday, March 15,
Trump implausibly claimed that members of the Venezuelan gang "Tren de Aragua"
qualified as
"alien enemies" under that definition.In addition to dubiously asserting that Tren de Aragua had "perpetrated, attempted, or threatened" an "invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States,"
the proclamation counterintuitively implied that the gang was a
"foreign nation or government."Trump further stretched the language of the statute by implying that alleged Tren de Aragua members were
"natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects" of the gang.His initial use of the AEA was clearly designed
💥to avoid judicial review altogether.By the time he published his proclamation,
the Department of Homeland Security was already in the process of removing detainees and sending them to CECOT.Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union got wind of the pending proclamation
and filed a complaint on behalf of five detainees in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.They also sought protection for a class consisting of similarly situated detainees,
and they filed an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO),
noting that the plaintiffs were
"at substantial risk of immediate, summary removal from the United States"
under the AEA.In light of "the exigent circumstances," #James #Boasberg, the district's chief judge, promptly granted a TRO aimed at
"maintain[ing] the status quo until a hearing can be set."That hearing convened via Zoom at 5 p.m. that Saturday,
which was still three hours before Trump's proclamation appeared on the White House website.In response to the concern that airplanes bound for El Salvador were about to take off,
Boasberg repeatedly asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General #Drew #Ensign what was happening.Ensign never gave Boasberg a straight answer.
https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/ -
More bad publicity coming for DHS and Noem (is that possible?)
Chief Judge of the federal court for the District of Columbia Boasberg re-starts investigation of DHS officials on a possible contempt charge - he said he must determine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or anyone else “should be referred for potential contempt prosecution.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-officials-judge-face-off-flights-el-salvador-127957232 #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Noem #Boasberg #FederalCourt #Contempt #Court #DueProcess
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More bad publicity coming for DHS and Noem (is that possible?)
Chief Judge of the federal court for the District of Columbia Boasberg re-starts investigation of DHS officials on a possible contempt charge - he said he must determine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or anyone else “should be referred for potential contempt prosecution.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-officials-judge-face-off-flights-el-salvador-127957232 #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Noem #Boasberg #FederalCourt #Contempt #Court #DueProcess
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More bad publicity coming for DHS and Noem (is that possible?)
Chief Judge of the federal court for the District of Columbia Boasberg re-starts investigation of DHS officials on a possible contempt charge - he said he must determine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or anyone else “should be referred for potential contempt prosecution.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-officials-judge-face-off-flights-el-salvador-127957232 #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Noem #Boasberg #FederalCourt #Contempt #Court #DueProcess
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More bad publicity coming for DHS and Noem (is that possible?)
Chief Judge of the federal court for the District of Columbia Boasberg re-starts investigation of DHS officials on a possible contempt charge - he said he must determine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or anyone else “should be referred for potential contempt prosecution.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-officials-judge-face-off-flights-el-salvador-127957232 #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Noem #Boasberg #FederalCourt #Contempt #Court #DueProcess
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More bad publicity coming for DHS and Noem (is that possible?)
Chief Judge of the federal court for the District of Columbia Boasberg re-starts investigation of DHS officials on a possible contempt charge - he said he must determine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or anyone else “should be referred for potential contempt prosecution.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-officials-judge-face-off-flights-el-salvador-127957232 #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Noem #Boasberg #FederalCourt #Contempt #Court #DueProcess
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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when the relevant question should have been whether it had monopoly power at the time."
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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when the relevant question should have been whether it had monopoly power at the time."
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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when the relevant question should have been whether it had monopoly power at the time."
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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when the relevant question should have been whether it had monopoly power at the time."
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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when the relevant question should have been whether it had monopoly power at the time."
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“Judge #Boasberg has purposefully ignored the overwhelming evidence of how #Meta became a #monopoly—not by building a better product, but by buying its rivals to shut down any real competitors before they could grow. These deals let Meta fuse Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp into one machine that #poisons our children & discourse, bullies publishers & advertisers, and destroys the possibility of healthy online connections with friends & family."
Who killed #socialmedia?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/meta-wins-monopoly-trial-convinces-judge-that-social-networking-is-dead/ -
“Judge #Boasberg has purposefully ignored the overwhelming evidence of how #Meta became a #monopoly—not by building a better product, but by buying its rivals to shut down any real competitors before they could grow. These deals let Meta fuse Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp into one machine that #poisons our children & discourse, bullies publishers & advertisers, and destroys the possibility of healthy online connections with friends & family."
Who killed #socialmedia?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/meta-wins-monopoly-trial-convinces-judge-that-social-networking-is-dead/ -
“Judge #Boasberg has purposefully ignored the overwhelming evidence of how #Meta became a #monopoly—not by building a better product, but by buying its rivals to shut down any real competitors before they could grow. These deals let Meta fuse Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp into one machine that #poisons our children & discourse, bullies publishers & advertisers, and destroys the possibility of healthy online connections with friends & family."
Who killed #socialmedia?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/meta-wins-monopoly-trial-convinces-judge-that-social-networking-is-dead/ -
“Judge #Boasberg has purposefully ignored the overwhelming evidence of how #Meta became a #monopoly—not by building a better product, but by buying its rivals to shut down any real competitors before they could grow. These deals let Meta fuse Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp into one machine that #poisons our children & discourse, bullies publishers & advertisers, and destroys the possibility of healthy online connections with friends & family."
Who killed #socialmedia?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/meta-wins-monopoly-trial-convinces-judge-that-social-networking-is-dead/