Posted on 03/20/2025 6:03:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
That escalated quickly. On Thursday, Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg rejected the Trump administration's Justice Department filing about the illegal alien deportation flights to our ally, El Salvador, in what's being characterized as an "angry order." He is threatening to hold them in contempt.
As we previously wrote, the judge ordered the planes to turn around mid-flight:
As RedState’s Ward Clark reported Saturday, the president invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua which has been terrorizing cities across the country—and then the administration sent at least one planeload of members of the “Foreign Terrorist Organization” back to their country of origin.
It didn’t take long for Obama appointed Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to kneecap the effort. Not only did he issue a temporary restraining order preventing the deportation of any Venezuelans, but he also ordered that the plane (or planes; it’s unclear) return the gangsters to the U.S.
The actions against the president began even before he signed the order.
Activist Nation: Judge Orders Plane Carrying Gangsters Kicked Out by Trump to Turn Around
The NY Times writes Thursday that Boasberg is implying he might sanction the administration for "possibly having violated an order he issued last weekend" meant to stop the flights:.
In an angrily written order, the judge, James E. Boasberg, told the administration to explain to him by Tuesday why officials had not violated his instructions when they allowed two flights of immigrants to continue on to El Salvador even after he directed the planes to return to the United States.
Judge Boasberg also called out efforts by the Justice Department to repeatedly stonewall his attempts to get information about the timing of the flights.
“The government again evaded its obligations,” he wrote, adding that the Justice Department’s most recent filing about the flights was “woefully insufficient.”
🚨judge in Alien Enemies Act is getting even more ridiculous with demands! No reason for any demands if he wants to order show cause. Let Trump present evidence it believes relevant to question. 1/— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 20, 2025
The judge's move comes after he asked the Trump administration attorneys to file an explanation this week, which it did on Thursday:
The order by Judge Boasberg, the chief judge in Federal District Court in Washington, was the latest turn in his nearly weeklong effort to get the administration to tell him — under seal, if needed — what time the two planes departed the United States, what time they left American airspace and what time they landed.
He originally instructed the Justice Department to provide him with that data by noon on Wednesday. He then extended that deadline by another day after department lawyers asked for more time as they considered whether to invoke a rare doctrine called the state secrets privilege in an effort to get out of turning over the information.
You can read the full order here.
The next deadline to file in the case before the judge is next Tuesday. As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.
Wouldn’t it be a shame if that judge were to be “swatted” ??
Tripartite… coequal branches… checks and balances… we HEAR these words and phrases so often, but in practice, it ONLY seems to work as a one-way instrument of Constitutional separation of powers erasure BY THE JUDICIARY.
Here’s what our President and his DOJ should do: issue arrest warrants for these judges for attempting to interfere with long-held case law, stare decisis rulings and overtly stated Constitutional authority granted THE EXECUTIVE which is NOT open to judicial review.
Why are THOSE any less valid than the demands from the judiciary of the Executive branch to justify its actions and hold them in “contempt” - of a contemptible ruling and edicts from the bench?
Investigate
* attempt to commit improper influence
* criminal solicitation of improper influence.
* criminal solicitation of misuse of position,
* criminal solicitation of official oppression,
* official oppression
* obstructing government administration”.
Convene a grand jury to investigate.
Agree. This is the Democrats gone wild crazy that got Trump reelected. Democrats just can’t help themselves.
Boasberg doesn’t know what to do.
Keeps asking the same question over and over
DOJ seems to be enjoying making a fool of this clown
Bet he’s a hoot at parties.
Can’t Trump just get his autopen to issue pre-contempt pardons.
Think about it - judge holds DOJ or employees in contempt and forwards the charge to the AG to prosecute. AG, like Loretta Lynch did in 2012 for Eric Holder, no prosecution would take place.
Surely the judge isn’t that stupid.
Gwjack
They should start deporting these judges along with the imported criminals.
This whole judicial overreach scheme is designed to delay Trump and hopefully stain his presidency with charges that he’s is a tyrant who ignores the laws of the land.
I feel sorry for ghe nudges bailiffs if they try to arrest the Pres or Bondi or Noem or anyone. A bailiff shot by a US Marshall would be a tragedy
It’s an elitist and electoral loser argument. Voters care about kitchen table issues: inflation, home prices, etc.
I feel sorry for the judge’s bailiffs if they try to arrest the Pres or Bondi or Noem or anyone. A bailiff shot by a US Marshall would be a tragedy
Interesting that the judge set March 25 for two events. Surely he remembers that the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the underly8ng TRO on the day before - March 24.
Gwjack
I think this judge sat in on Trumps NY trial just to listen.
He is a Trump hater and needs to be removed.
Can someone explain how this judge will enforce a contempt order.
This empty robe is Delusional with a capital D.
Obviously, there are a lot of court challenges taking place in this attempt of a judicial branch coup, but this challenge may be the weakest.
What is more, ordering a plane to turn around in mid-air was simply egomaniacal.
I think the old boy got triggered when he was clearly outsmarted.
Team Trump anticipated his TRO and got the planes off the ground before the written order was completed.
As many have pointed out, he has dug himself a hole and he has kept digging.
If (when?) he issues these contempt charges and the DOJ ignores them, expect the dims and the media (I repeat myself) to come out screaming that “The weaponized partisan DOJ is making a mockery of the laws and constitution! This is a new constitutional crisis!”.
Sedition charges? Stop showing your stupidity.
Ditto
Why are there no conservative judges to shut this lawless judge down?
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