Judge #Boasberg to launch #contempt proceedings for #Trump admin

Federal judge will weigh whether the administration defied his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country based on the wartime #AlienEnemiesAct.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/16/boasberg-trump-contempt-deportations-alien-enemies-planes/

Judge Boasberg to launch contempt proceedings for Trump administration

Judge James E. Boasberg has pressed Trump officials for weeks on their compliance with his order to return migrants deported under the Alien Enemies act.

The Washington Post

Judge #Boasberg finds probable cause to hold #Trump admin in #contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt.

Boasberg said the evidence shows #willful defiance by the Trump admin that amounts to #criminal contempt. Full 46-page opinion:

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0766-81

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

Judge #Boasberg cites the #Trump admin’s gloating after his order was violated, noting the “oopsie”tweet from #Bukele & its amplification by admin ofcls.

Boasberg says the admin can “purge” its #contempt by bringing back the people he ordered not to be sent in the first place & giving them appropriate #DueProcess. If not, he will conduct further proceedings.

Boasberg said he’s skeptical of the admin’s invocation of #StateSecrets #privilege.

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #judiciary

#Boasberg says if the #Trump admin won’t purge potential #contempt, he’ll appoint a prosecutor who will ID the officials in the admin responsible & the court will appoint attys to prosecute #criminal contempt!

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

#NEW filing in JGG v. TRUMP (#Boasberg: #AlienEnemiesAct)

#Trump admin submits Notice of Appeal to DC Circuit Court (Doc #84)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.84.0_1.pdf

“Defendants hereby appeal from the Court’s Order and Memorandum Opinion entered April 16, 2025 (ECF Nos. 80 & 81) in the above-captioned case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.”

Good luck (/s) muther f⁕⚠︎ers.

#criminal #contempt #law #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

@Nonilex do you know if the admin made an appearance in the Abrego Garcia status hearing today?

@Pachacutec

yes scroll my account. Tho it gave zero info

@Nonilex sorry I had scrolled but not far enough. Should have gotten past the NLRB 🫡

@Pachacutec

understood. I take my information dissemination responsibilities a bit too seriously🤓. I try to boost what I think is most important from the day toward the end of mine (my day).

@Nonilex oh it’s all good. I have NLRB in the family, I hear about it first hand
@Nonilex And so it begins. The Admin has preemptively intimidated law firms for this exact reason.