Posted on 08/08/2025 12:57:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — A split appeals court panel tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison.
The decision comes after planes carrying Venezuelan migrants landed at the prison even after U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg said in court they must return to the United States.
Boasberg found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court. The ruling marked a dramatic battle between the judicial and executive branches of government.
But the divided three-judge panel in the nation’s capital found that Boasberg had exceeded his authority and intruded on the executive branch’s foreign affairs powers.
Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, both of whom were nominated by Trump in his first term in the White House, agreed with the unsigned majority opinion.
“The district court’s order attempts to control the Executive Branch’s conduct of foreign affairs, an area in which a court’s power is at its lowest ebb,” Rao wrote.
Judge Cornelia Pillard, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, dissented. “The majority does an exemplary judge a grave disservice by overstepping its bounds to upend his effort to vindicate the judicial authority that is our shared trust,” she wrote.
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Boasberg is a fascist.
Agree F Bozoberg top maggot of the DC District. He really is. He is the top administrator. Born in San Fran Sicko.
Who will rid us of this meddlesome priest?
ENTIRE FAMILY HAS CONFICT OF INTEREST>
ENTIRE FAMILY HAS CONFLICT OF INTEREST>
“Divided court” “spilt decision” the AP a-holes doing their best to throw shade. When it’s 2-1 against Trump it’s a totally different tone.
What kind of crap is this statement?
Yes, but never mentioned in the AP story. Why is that?
“Judge Cornelia Pillard ... appointed by President Barack Obama, dissented. “The majority does an exemplary judge a grave disservice by overstepping its bounds to upend his effort to vindicate the judicial authority that is our shared trust,” she wrote.”
Mush and gobbledygook. Just like a pronouncement from the Kenyan himself.
Obviously majored in "word salad."
“Boasberg is a fascist.”
How so?
Yes, Boasberg is an a$$clown fascist.
But...
WINNING!
He believes that he and he alone should decide the policies of the United States. He’s a part of the corporatist socialist cult. He is a dictator wannabe.
BozoBorg
Thank you, God.
Ignore. Ignore
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