— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) March 16, 2025
This is not a small/tactical move, but a strategic political one. Trump's DoJ is playing offense, not defense.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) March 16, 2025
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg is facing resistance from DOJ as he asks for details about how many flights left the US with migrants removed under Trump's claimed authority under the Alien Enemies Act.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 17, 2025
"Those are operaitonal issues and I am not at liberty to provide information."
Boasberg is asking DOJ to inform him when Trump signed the proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act because it was dated March 14 but publicly issued March 15. He also wants to know how many people are designated under the act. DOJ says it's subject to natsec concerns.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 17, 2025
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The hearing is over. Boasberg was incredulous that DOJ claimed he had no authority to order the plane to turn around just because it crossed out of US airspace something he said was well-established in many contexts.
He wants details about whether DOJ openly defied his order on March 15, when it ordered planes to take off and leave US airspace even after he orally ordered the government not to do that.
The remedy for an order they don't like, Boasberg said, is to appeal or seek to modify it, not to simply ignore it.
He wants a sworn declaration by noon tomorrow with details about how this played out.
The hearing is over. Boasberg was incredulous that DOJ claimed he had no authority to order the plane to turn around just because it crossed out of US airspace — something he said was well-established in many contexts.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 17, 2025
He wants details about whether DOJ openly defied his order…
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 17, 2025
8/8 Judge is pissed. DOJ's hoping Court of Appeal's steps in. I fully expect Trump to refuse to answer because it is a nonjusticiable question and thus NOYB.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 17, 2025
Pretty simple. They used lawfare against Trump. Improperly in all of those cases. Trump is now properly using the law back against them, and they are losing in the overall scheme of things.deddog said:
All this seems fascinating. Too bad I don't understand most of it.
rgvag11 said:Let's bookmark this and compare it to your feelings when there is a Democrat at the head of the Executive.Ellis Wyatt said:The President of the United State IS the Executive. He is not a pencil pusher who works in some agency somewhere. HE has the constitutional authority of the Executive.Kansas Kid said:
It will be interesting is to see how this board reacts when administration officials get struck down by the courts on some of their new rules, regulations, and interpretations after Chevron was thrown out by the Supreme Court (something most of us on F16 totally agreed with). It took a lot of power from the executive branch and gave it back to Congress saying they need to make clear laws regather than deferring to interpretations by the executive branch.
Ellis Wyatt said:
DOJ should respond to Boasberg with this:

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— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) March 17, 2025
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Did President Trump's Administration defy a judge's order to keep Venezuelans in the U.S.?
Did Judge #Boasberg have the authority to issue such an order?
Same answer to both questions.
A thread:@realDonaldTrump @PressSec @sonnyjoynelson @mrddmia @TheJusticeDept… https://t.co/SQLlC4bH0N
aggiehawg said:Pretty simple. They used lawfare against Trump. Improperly in all of those cases. Trump is now properly using the law back against them, and they are losing in the overall scheme of things.deddog said:
All this seems fascinating. Too bad I don't understand most of it.
One of the major reasons the Dems are in such disarray. They have no response...because he is back in the WH.
Raises hand and says you are not alone.deddog said:
All this seems fascinating. Too bad I don't understand most of it.
flown-the-coop said:
Rubio has now said they know each of the passengers was confirmed to be in the country illegally. If it turns out they are not affiliated with TdA, then they are welcome to ask El Salvador to transport them back to Venezuela.
Rubio being in lockstep on this is a bigger deal than it appears. Recall, he is one of the few nominees to get overwhelming support during confirmation and he has strong political ties and credibility.
A 180 from stooge Blinken.
The biggest issue I think Boasberg is not acknowledging is that turning the planes around when foreign governments are already involved in the process and committed themselves to acting pursuant to agreements negotiated, and THEN a district judge is going to upset all that and… https://t.co/EtSXdWxRV1
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) March 17, 2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨Chief Judge Boasberg Blocked the deportation of Tren de Aragua gang member’s without disclosing the fact that his daughter works for a 501c3 called “Partners For Justice” that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 18, 2025
I have exclusively uncovered… pic.twitter.com/KDMXBVP7mI
Also, for those framing Trump as creating a constitutional crisis, note that what Trump did not and has not done yet is say "fine, enforce your order," even when he has solid grounds to do so. And while judge pushed DOJ to say they just disagreed with order, Trump did not… https://t.co/qpSgCiQ8rH
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 17, 2025
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals sets oral argument for Monday in Alien Enemies Act case. Probably the least bad panel you could get in D.C. Circuit. pic.twitter.com/23qdPfLXm5
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 19, 2025
Yes, give the treatment the FBI gave any asking about the laptop, the pipe bomber, the truth of Russiagate, the dossier, on, and on. It doesn't even have to be as blunt as this -- just as "swift" and "efficient" in response or unredacted details as have seen in the past.Im Gipper said:HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg is facing resistance from DOJ as he asks for details about how many flights left the US with migrants removed under Trump's claimed authority under the Alien Enemies Act.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 17, 2025
"Those are operaitonal issues and I am not at liberty to provide information."Boasberg is asking DOJ to inform him when Trump signed the proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act because it was dated March 14 but publicly issued March 15. He also wants to know how many people are designated under the act. DOJ says it's subject to natsec concerns.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 17, 2025
🔥🔥🔥Judge Boasberg's order today in Alien Enemies Act case CONFIRMED Government position that it did NOT violate Minute Order. Judge ordered Trump to explain why he did not violate order by "failing to return" but Minute Order DID NOT order Government to RETURN. 1/ pic.twitter.com/x8EEgy73ug
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 20, 2025
3/ Judge can try to spin it all he wants, i.e. "well, that's not what I meant," but just looking at plain language of two Minute Orders that judge himself issued, there was no violation of the Minute Order.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 20, 2025
5/5 Yes, Trump's team is playing by narrowest reading of actual orders & running stream engine through any exceptions, but he is doing that to AVOID a constitutional crisis & butting Article II against Article III, as this THREAD from yesterday detailed. https://t.co/iWk1UDCDdz
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 20, 2025
7/7 But now you have Judge himself in his own words saying they had been "removed" & issue was they weren't returned--something not orders.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 20, 2025
RAB87 said:
This is the way. Turn the enemy tactics upon the enemy.
Frankly, if judges were interfering with the clear authority of a legitimate Democrat President, would resent this "courtacracy" on his behalf too. Its the sheer counter-intuitive idiocy of a single county or district holding the entire country hostage and nullifying election choices that grates.MarkTwain said:rgvag11 said:Let's bookmark this and compare it to your feelings when there is a Democrat at the head of the Executive.Ellis Wyatt said:The President of the United State IS the Executive. He is not a pencil pusher who works in some agency somewhere. HE has the constitutional authority of the Executive.Kansas Kid said:
It will be interesting is to see how this board reacts when administration officials get struck down by the courts on some of their new rules, regulations, and interpretations after Chevron was thrown out by the Supreme Court (something most of us on F16 totally agreed with). It took a lot of power from the executive branch and gave it back to Congress saying they need to make clear laws regather than deferring to interpretations by the executive branch.
The shape the Democrats are in right now that's going to be along wait
No need to bookmark. We remember when Biden, in reality his abnormal puppet masters, lost the election because of his unconstitutional and harmful Executive actions.rgvag11 said:Let's bookmark this and compare it to your feelings when there is a Democrat at the head of the Executive.Ellis Wyatt said:The President of the United State IS the Executive. He is not a pencil pusher who works in some agency somewhere. HE has the constitutional authority of the Executive.Kansas Kid said:
It will be interesting is to see how this board reacts when administration officials get struck down by the courts on some of their new rules, regulations, and interpretations after Chevron was thrown out by the Supreme Court (something most of us on F16 totally agreed with). It took a lot of power from the executive branch and gave it back to Congress saying they need to make clear laws regather than deferring to interpretations by the executive branch.
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— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) March 21, 2025
My latest in the @FDRLST on President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and the desperate efforts by the @ACLU and Judge to keep members of a FTO in the U.S.@TheJusticeDept @GatesMcgavick @sonnyjoynelson @MZHemingway @ProfMJCleveland https://t.co/2Od5ZzsNI0
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From the onset, Boasberg failed to recognize his court lacks the jurisdiction to hear this case. Why? The ACLU filed this case in the District of Columbia. The five Venezuelan plaintiffs represented by the ACLU are not detained in D.C., but in New York and Texas. The Supreme Court ruled in Rumsfeld v. Padilla that no court has jurisdiction over a habeas petition unless those filing the petition are detained in the district in which it was filed.
Boasberg was also quick to accept the plaintiffs' premise that the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) is a power properly exercised only during a time of war. This is patently false. Any plain reading of the law makes it clear that the AEA is an appropriate power to invoke not only during a time of war, but when the president determines there has been an invasion or predatory incursion. Even more persuasive is the Supreme Court's ruling in Ludecke v. Watkins that the AEA extends beyond wartime. And without a statutory definition of "invasion" or "predatory incursion," it is the judgment of the president alone to determine if such has occurred. This national security determination is a non-justiciable political question and the Supreme Court has repeatedly informed the intellectually curious that political questions are not reviewable by a court.
More at the link.Quote:
udge Goes Too Far
Judge Boasberg refuses surrender and continues to reload with double-barrels of impermissible encroachment on executive powers. The duly elected president has informed the American people that a foreign terrorist organization is operating within the U.S. at the behest of a foreign nation and he has deployed his proper authorities under the AEA to cause their removal in the interests of national security.
The federal courts have ruled that the AEA vests "unreviewable power in the President to restrain, and to provide for the removal of, alien enemies." Trump's basis for his invocation of the AEA is a non-justiciable political question not to be answered by the wholly unqualified Boasberg or ACLU. It is answered exclusively by the president.
Boasberg has gone too far and too fast to retreat, so this skirmish will continue until the Supreme Court loads up the Article II canons on his position (see what I did there). Through his orders and admonitions, Boasberg has tactlessly given imprimatur to the "legal strategy" of disrupting the Trump presidency at all costs. Boasberg has called DOJ's response to brash authority as "woefully insufficient," but, candidly, his stewardship of this case thus far has been nothing more than woeful.
President Trump's adversaries were determined to take his freedom, his fortune, and even his life. Those efforts thankfully failed. But his enemies remain undeterred.
This is just lawfare by other means.
I believe the arrangement with El Salvador is to pay for one year of detention for the TdA detainees.
— Law of Self Defense (@LawSelfDefense) March 23, 2025
No reason the US couldn't make that simply a "holding detention" while administrating a process to gradually move them to Venezuela.
Perhaps very gradually. As resources…