Saturday, 10 May 2025

Judge Blocks President Trump’s Use of Wartime Powers for Deportations (Again!)

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President Trump used an 18th-century wartime law to fast-track deportations of Venezuelan gang suspects.

Smart move.

But now a liberal federal judge is now screaming ‘You can’t do that!’.

The court ruled they still get due process, even if they’re illegally here, apparently.

This shouldn’t last long.

The Dem’s moves always seem to backfire in their face.

What would we do without all these rogue judges getting in President Trump’s way?

They need to be removed.

Politico reports:

A federal judge on Monday reaffirmed a ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from using wartime powers to summarily deport alleged gang members.

The new development from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg came just hours in advance of a critical courtroom showdown before a federal appeals court on Trump’s deportation authority.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear arguments Monday afternoon on the Trump administration’s effort to lift a restraining order that Boasberg imposed on March 15. That order bars deportations under a proclamation Trump issued invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against members of a Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.

In a 37-page opinion, Boasberg rejected the administration’s request that he lift the restraining order himself. Boasberg said legal precedents are clear that even if Trump’s invocation of the two-century-old statute is valid, the people subject to it are entitled to a meaningful opportunity to dispute their deportation by presenting evidence, for instance, that they are not members of a gang.

“Summary deportation following close on the heels of the Government’s informing an alien that he is subject to the Proclamation — without giving him the opportunity to consider whether to voluntarily self-deport or challenge the basis for the order — is unlawful,” wrote Boasberg, an appointee of President Barack Obama.

Boasberg, the chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, has been the focus of withering criticism from Trump and his allies in recent days, including calls for his impeachment.

The case is a test not only of the scope of Trump’s presidential powers, but whether the administration will abide by court orders. At an emergency hearing on March 15, Boasberg orally directed the Justice Department to ensure that any deportation flights in the air turn around and return to the U.S. The planes, however, continued on and unloaded more than 200 deportees in El Salvador in the middle of the night. The prisoners were handed over to El Salvadoran authorities to be held in a brutal detention center at U.S. expense.

President Trump’s Administration isn’t going to let a rogue judge get in their way.

This might be important…

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

View the original article here.


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