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Judge blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way
WTOP ^ | 7/4/25 | ap

Posted on 07/04/2025 12:30:48 PM PDT by CFW

A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan the day after the Supreme Court greenlighted their removal, saying new claims by the immigrants’ lawyers deserved a hearing.

District Judge Randolph Moss proceeded with the extraordinary Fourth of July hearing on Friday afternoon, directing the Trump administration to discuss whether a prior Supreme Court ruling that immigrants slated for removal under an 18th century wartime act invoked by President Donald Trump deserve due process might also apply to those due to be removed to South Sudan.

The administration has been trying to deport the immigrants for weeks. None are from South Sudan, which is enmeshed in civil war and where the U.S government advises no one should travel before making their own funeral arrangements. The government flew them to Djibouti but couldn’t move them further because a Massachusetts court had ruled no immigrant could be sent to a new country without a chance to have a court hearing.

The Supreme Court vacated that decision last month, then Thursday night issued a new order clarifying that that meant the immigrants could be moved to South Sudan. Lawyers for the immigrants, who hail from Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries, filed an emergency request to halt their removal later that night.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
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"Deserved a hearing"? They have already had multiple hearings.

Apparently SCOTUS rulings no longer mean anything. To Democrats, that is. Conservatives still have to obey rulings by the Court.

So, is Chief Justice Roberts and the Court just going to shrug their shoulders and say "oops, we were overruled"?

1 posted on 07/04/2025 12:30:48 PM PDT by CFW
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How can a judge block what the SCOTUS ruled on?


2 posted on 07/04/2025 12:33:52 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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He did NOT block it unless DJT accepts his blocking. A district judge cannot overrule the USSC.


3 posted on 07/04/2025 12:34:18 PM PDT by arthurus (| covfefe | . )
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If precedence is followed up and down the heirarchy we ill have traffic courts overruling state Consttutions.


4 posted on 07/04/2025 12:35:38 PM PDT by arthurus (| covfefe | . .)
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In the name of Judge Wopner I unblock it!


5 posted on 07/04/2025 12:39:55 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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Come on Trump disregard the scumbags order, you’ll be on firm ground.


6 posted on 07/04/2025 12:44:34 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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I thought the Supreme Court is the freakin law of the land, is it or is it not..seriously JUST DEPORT THEM, sick of this BS..this “judge” has ZERO say in the matter, ZERO


7 posted on 07/04/2025 12:47:32 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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The Trump administration returned to SCOTUS and requested clarification of their June 23rd Order. SCOTUS released their clarification yesterday and stated the Sudan 8 could be deported. This judge knows that but is deliberately twisting law and the prior SCOTUS ruling to grant relief to the Plaintiffs. He should be sanctioned as should the attorneys that went judge shopping for a favorable ruling after losing their previous case.

MINUTE ORDER: In light of Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, Dkt. 2, the Court hereby ENTERS and administrative STAY pending further order of the Court to allow the government to gather the information it needs to respond to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and to provide time for a hearing on that emergency motion. See United States v.
Texas, 144 S. Ct. 797, 798 (Barrett, J., concurring) (describing administrative stays as

8 posted on 07/04/2025 12:51:26 PM PDT by CFW
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He can’t. Thats why the fig leaf of “new claims” is being used.

Judge Moss isn’t overruling SCOTUS, oh no, these are new claims that weren’t considered or addressed before. This is a whole new ball of wax. /s

It’s a load of bovine execrement.


9 posted on 07/04/2025 12:57:07 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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Where are the illegal getting the lawyers to appeal to all of these Federal Judges—lawyers with the ability to get Federal Judges to rule in the middle of the night and on Federal holidays?

Do ordinary Americans, like, I don’t know, the January 6 people get such swift judicial hearings?


10 posted on 07/04/2025 12:58:29 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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a judge can’t.

Load um up, ship um out.


11 posted on 07/04/2025 12:58:54 PM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: CFW

Perhaps the judges should be deported.


12 posted on 07/04/2025 1:00:52 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: CFW

Roberts is responsible for all of this.


13 posted on 07/04/2025 1:00:59 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“Apparently SCOTUS rulings no longer mean anything.”

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Roberts is pathetically weak and equivocal and has not sent any clear or definitive messages to firmly guide the courts. It was inevitable that the courts would fill the vacuum created by SCOTUS’ timidness and become dangerously assertive. Roberts probably won’t do anything about it. He’s worse than useless.


14 posted on 07/04/2025 1:04:14 PM PDT by Starboard
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Roberts is responsible for all of this.


You’re correct. Roberts has been wishy-washy and keeps giving the leftist judges loopholes to do as they wish.

Also, for the left the definition of “due process” is continued hearings until they get the ruling they wish.


15 posted on 07/04/2025 1:04:31 PM PDT by CFW
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“Due process” for an invasion is absurd. Just need to make sure they’re not here legally—and out they go.

But the Trump Admin continues to look the other way from all the treasonous NGOs that funded and organized the invasion. So it’s on them too. We’ve got onesy-twosy deportations of hardened criminals now—and are in line for the floodgates to open again with the next Dem regime. But the 60 million here now are more than enough to tank the country.


16 posted on 07/04/2025 1:07:20 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: hanamizu

“Do ordinary Americans, like, I don’t know, the January 6 people get such swift judicial hearings?”

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+1

Average citizens are the ‘Forgotten Man’.


17 posted on 07/04/2025 1:07:40 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: CFW

Who cares what the Supreme Fart says?


18 posted on 07/04/2025 1:08:21 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Update: Emergency proceedings are underway related to the potential deportation of 8 men to South Sudan before Judge Randy Moss in Washington.

The men are teed up to be transferred at 7pm tonight. But Moss is sending the case to MA, where he says it should be handled.


19 posted on 07/04/2025 1:09:10 PM PDT by CFW
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Moss granted a 1 hour stay to give lawyers for the men a chance to file their emergency claim in Massachusetts.

Lawyer for Trump administration says they will appeal to the Supreme Court immediatelty.

MOSS has grave concerns about facilitating the deportation of people to potentially life threatening circumstances in South Sudan, but he thinks his hands are tied by the Supreme Court’s stay yesterday.

Still, he says the SCOTUS rulings were devoid of reasoning so it’s not totally clear.

Moss essentially said he couldn’t help but would send case to MA. The lawyers for the men aren’t sure tehy can raise a judge on July 4th in time to even ask for relief ahead of 7pm deportation.


20 posted on 07/04/2025 1:10:41 PM PDT by CFW
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