Thursday, 17 April 2025

Judge Boasberg CANCELS HEARING After SCOTUS Vacates His Jurisdiction, But Makes Suspicious Next Move

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The high drama caused by rogue Judge Boasberg’s judicial overreach may be reaching the end of the road.

But it hasn’t gotten there quite yet.

There is likely to be another dose of two of intrigue before everything is said and done on this issue.

Yesterday’s last minute ruling by Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts vacated Judge Boasberg’s imposed restraining order, which had previously sought to restrict the Trump Administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegals.

That led to the Trump Administration’s continued deportation of illegals under a different authority, known as Title 8, which gives the President the ability to follow through on deporting those with preexisting deportations orders.

So ONE of the big impacts of Chief Justice Roberts’ removal of Boasberg’s restrictions is that it effectively removes all the chains from the Trump Administration, which now has ‘maximum authority’ to continue deportations.

Before we get to Judge Boasberg’s strange next move…

Here’s President Trump’s WH Chief of Staff for Policy, Stephen Miller, who also holds the role of Homeland Security Adviser to the President appearing on Fox News today, outlining just how big this win is for President Trump and the nation:

Here’s the full screen video of that clip for easier viewing, followed by the full text of Nick Sortor’s post:

Here’s the text of Nick Sortor’s post, with key quotes from Stephen Miller’s assessment of this win:

#BREAKING: Stephen Miller announces Trump has been granted “MAXIMUM AUTHORITY to find and remove violent Venezuelan gang members” by the Supreme Court

“This is a MONUMENTAL victory… a total embarrassment for crazy Judge Boasberg, who’s been trying to force this president to bring foreign alien terrorists back onto American soil.”

“Tren de Aragua can now be hunted down and expelled from this country with speed and efficiency”

And now the secondary part of the SCOTUS ruling has come in to play.

This morning, Boasberg canceled the planned hearing set for today which was intended to be a review hearing on the Trump Administration’s deportations.

Since Roberts’ made clear Boasberg’s DC court doesn’t have jurisdictional powers in this case, Boasberg took the reasonable step of canceling the hearing, as reported by Fox News:

The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration’s use of a 1798 wartime law to immediately deport Venezuelan nationals canceled a planned Tuesday court hearing to review the case after the Supreme Court handed a win to the president.

In a minute order published Tuesday morning, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg announced that the previously scheduled Tuesday afternoon hearing would be vacated in light of the high court’s ruling, which determined, among other things, that the “appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas,” or wherever plaintiffs that are subject to potential removal are currently being held.

At issue in the case was Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 wartime immigration law, to immediately deport Venezuelan nationals, including alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Plaintiffs filed for an emergency restraining order in D.C. District Court last month to temporarily block the administration’s use of the law – a request granted by Boasberg, who agreed that the deportations would likely cause imminent and “irreparable” harm to the affected migrants under the proposed timeline.

A federal appeals court also upheld that ruling, which put Boasberg squarely in the crosshairs of the Trump administration.

The lower court’s restraining order remained in effect until Monday night, when the Supreme Court sided with Trump in an emergency order.

That ruling by Chief Justice Roberts has indeed been a big win for the Trump Administration in pursuing the deportation of illegals, and violent criminals in particular.

However, there are questions yet still in the minds of those who recognize the part Roberts played in getting Boasberg assigned to both the FISA panel — which greenlit the illegal investigations into President Trump — and his current position on the immigration court, as well.

Those questions are only increased by the strange follow-up move that Judge Boasberg took following the SCOTUS ruling.

Yes, he canceled today’s hearing, in line with the ruling against his jurisdiction in this case.

But he then refused to close the case, and instead issued a request from the plaintiffs on whether or not they wanted to proceed — which is exactly what Chief Justice Roberts ruled that Boasberg COULD NOT DO!

So the question is… what does Boasberg have up his sleeve?

Is he simply drawing this out, giving himself time to search for some loophole to keep his part in this going?

Or does he actually have some plan already in mind to refuse Chief Justice Roberts’ ruling against his authority in this matter?

While there wasn’t all good news from Roberts’ judgement, given the fact that he did rule that those being deported should be given notice of their impending removal from the country and have the ability and time to contest their deportation — at least while this issue is under judicial review.

Roberts’ ruling did not finalize the issue; it only removed it from Boasberg’s jurisdiction (BIG WIN!!!), and it set the status-quo of court hearings for deportees prior to their removal from the country, according to a report in USA Today:

In a filing after the Supreme Court decision, Justice Department lawyers told Boasberg that he no longer has jurisdiction in the matter, should drop the case and should deny the preliminary injunction request by the migrants.

In ending Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders barring such deportations issued on March 15 and March 28 and lasting two weeks apiece, the Supreme Court said detainees should have contested their deportations in Texas, where they were confined, rather than in Washington.

In a brief written order on Tuesday, Boasberg asked lawyers for the detained Venezuelan migrants to tell him by April 16 whether they intended to move forward with their bid for a longer-lasting preliminary injunction.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday before Boasberg’s postponement, Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Supreme Court’s decision meant the “violent gang members” already deported would remain in El Salvador, where they are being held, and that she expects the case to move to Texas.

“The Supreme Court has spoken loud and clear – he has no jurisdiction,” Bondi said, referring to Boasberg.

Despite siding with the administration, the court’s majority placed limits on how deportations may occur, emphasizing that judicial review is required. The ruling did not address how individuals currently held in El Salvador could seek judicial review.

Even the writer of that USA Today story seemed a little befuddled by Boasberg’s refusal to simply shut his case down against President Trump, considering the Chief Justice’s obvious slapdown.

And that is why many are asking what the Judge has up his sleeve, as he waits for the plaintiffs in this case to respond to his request regarding their intentions.

What is his next move if they answer in the affirmative?  What if they do want to move forward in HIS jurisdiction rather than in Texas where the detainees are being held prior to their deportations?

Is he prepared to go against the Supreme Court and hold Trump Administration Officials in contempt and lock them up — as he’s threatened — anyway!?

And in that same vein of questions is this: why did Judge Boasberg end up handling all these cases to begin with, putting him in particular front and center — once again — personally countering the Trump Administration?

Check this out: did Boasberg use his authority to make sure he ended up in that role?

That’s the assertion being made by Eric Schmitt, the Republican Senator from Missouri, who appeared on Fox News to talk about this case:

Judge Boasberg may find himself in far more legal hot water than he was ever able to pull off against the Trump Administration, if these accusations prove true.

There is a rotation of judges taking turns as the “emergency” judge who would end up taking these cases when they pop up, randomly.

The possibility that Boasberg purposefully inserted himself in this case because he had a bone to pick with his longtime nemesis, President Trump, could culminate in the type of justice against activist judges we’ve all prayed for.

The next thing to watch for is whether the plaintiffs respond to Boasberg’s suspicious request a week from tomorrow in the affirmative.

And then whether or not the rogue judge has intentions of thumbing his arrogant nose at the Supreme Court.

As I’ve said, more high drama will likely dot the path forward on this issue for a little while longer.

But Judge Boasberg’s high and mighty mindset has probably been taken down a few notches over the last 24 hours.

That, too, is a big win… if you’re into that sort of thing; JUSTICE, that is.

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

View the original article here.


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