Posted on 04/03/2025 2:33:30 PM PDT by Libloather
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg hinted at possible contempt proceedings as he grilled a government lawyer Thursday about whether the Trump administration violated his court order by failing to turn around planes carrying migrants to a Salvadoran prison.
Boasberg made no decisions following a court hearing even as he otherwise pushed the administration to detail its timeline and decision-making as it loaded more than 200 migrants onto a plane amid a court battle to block the deportations.
He pushed back when a Justice Department attorney said the administration followed the law and his orders.
“It seems to me there’s a fair likelihood that that is not correct, in fact that the government acted in bad faith throughout that day. If you really believed everything you did that day was legal and could survive a court challenge, I can’t believe you ever would have operated the way you did,” Boasberg said.
He dove into the timeline of the Trump administration’s actions, from signing an order igniting the Alien Enemies Act on Friday, March 14, but not publicizing it until the next day to preparations for flights even as Boasberg scheduled a hearing.
The law allows the government to swiftly deport citizens of an enemy nation. President Trump has maintained the Tren de Aragua gang is acting at the behest of the Venezuelan government, using the war powers to deport Venezuelans. It’s the only time the law has been used to address gang activity.
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Fly Swatter way over due.
Serious question here...
What remedy does the judge have here?
Can he fine Trump? Can he send court officials or the US Marshal, etc to arrest him?
I don’t suspect - I know we’ve got bad faith from this shit judge.
BFD… suck it “judge”
Well then, Biasberg, why don’t you just march your cherry ass right up the White House steps and try and arrest President Trump in person?
I think he’s so far in that he won’t quit til the Supreme Court forces him to.
I have contempt for his court.
72% of Americans want him to share a prison cell
with a dozen of those deported.
Will someone please give this loudmouth a good swift kick in the ‘nads? His judicial schtick is becoming quite boring and obnoxious. Time for the boy to go back to checking in library books.
Bridges burned and expects a swamp lifeboat.
Think he is free to go to EL Salvador and do a fact finding mission.
He can do nothing but complain. He has no power. Trump can pardon anybody and a district judge has no power over the POTUS. Only conviction after impeachment.
Judge James E. Boasberg (injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members ) Judge Beryl Howell ( Impeachment, January 6th etc),
Jeffrey Goldberg (dual US-Israel citizen, former member of the Israel Defense Forces, leaked classified Signal meeting details in possible controvention of the the Espionage Act and the Official Secrets Act)
,
Judge Paul Engelmayer(Injunction DOGE Dept of Treasury, referred to Trump as a tyrant),
Marc Elias( over 60 lawsuits attacking voter ID laws),
Judge Kaplan (E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case),
Judge Engoron (NY civil fraud case),
Merrick Garland,
Shenna Bellows (Maine Secretary of State-Ordered Trump off the ballot ) ,
Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State, ordered Trump off the ballot ),
George Soros,
Reid Hoffman (financial support for E Jean Carroll),
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin( financing the violent attacks against Tesla),
Jamie Raskin and Debbie Wasserman- Schultz( co-sponsored legislation to remove Trump from the ballot), Judge David Ezra (stayed Texas law that permitted the arrest of illegals ),
Alejando Mayorkas, Norm Eisen( Impeachment, lawsuits)
Chuck Schumer,
Adam Schiff ( impeachment, evidence of Russian collusion)
His legal dog needs to be put down.
Legally, he needs to be put down legally. That’s what I meant.
Seems to me this corrupt judge is qualified to be arrested for obstruction of justice.
At what point does this judge’s actions cross the line into sedition?
With the damage he is doing to the U.S. Government, the insurrectionist boy needs to be strung up with the “noose” in Bubba Wallace’s garage.
I’m not following. What do the “dots” tell you?
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