#MarcoRubio posted on social media that he sent 17 people to #CECOT in #ElSalvador overnight, he claims that they are all Tren de Aragua or MS-13 members.
If they were *deported* under the questionably legal (US is not at war) #AEA, then it was in violation of the court order. Otherwise they would have to have had final orders of removal.
This is f⁕⚠︎ed
#Musk’s “PAC” posted a video of one of his $1M recipient who straight up voted to get the money:
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler, I’m from #Greenbay, #Wisconsin. I did exactly what #ElonMusk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends & family, vote, & now I have a million dollars.”
Especially urgent in light of things like the richest person in the world funding campaigns in the millions against judges & paying people to sign petitions!
The #Trump admin invokes the #StateSecrets privilege, saying it will give Judge #Boasberg no more information about the #deportation flights to inform his decision about whether the govt defied his order.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.56.0.pdf
Holy crap
In a new affidavit in #AEA by someone turned around in #ElSalvador, they swear the following:
"Within a couple of minutes of take off I heard two US government officials talking and they said 'there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.'"
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.55.1_2.pdf
There is a #new court filing regarding the #AlienEnemiesAct, w/2 affidavits.
8 women were mistakenly sent to the #ElSalvador prison & had to be flown back.
Nicaraguan man (not Venezuelan) was also mistakenly sent to El Salvador prison & had to be flown back.
This is haphazard execution of a #law that never should have been invoked in the first place, since hello! we aren’t at war with anybody!
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.55.0_2.pdf
“Does the government agree that they’re entitled to notice that they are being removed based on their status as a member of Tren de Aragua under the president’s proclamation under the (#AEA) & an opportunity to challenge that before they are removed from the United States?” appeals court Judge Patricia Millett asked DOJ atty Drew Ensign.
#Trump admin argues that relief can only be sought by #HabeasCorpus.
Judge asks why not #DueProcess? If individual’s argument is that they should not be subject to #AEA then habeas is not the correct path. The individuals are being removed not detained. They aren’t even arguing against their detention, they’re objecting to their removal to an #ElSalvador prison. Without process they aren’t being given opportunity to defend their removal subject to the AEA.
The oral arguments in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals for #Trump’s #AlienEnemiesAct appeal is will be live streamed starting at 1:30pm ET today.
You can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DoTLGECQSU
Or if you prefer to listen, audio will be available here:
Just released a 37-page ruling from Chief Judge James #Boasberg, denying the #Trump administration request to vacate its TROs preventing the government from enforcing the #AlienEnemiesAct against #Venezuelans.
No one subject to the #AEA can be deported without a hearing.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf
This morning, Dpty AG (& fmr #Trump #criminal defense atty who lost the case that resulted in Trump becoming the first convicted #felon to be elected POTUS in history) #ToddBlanche submitted a sworn declaration at confirming that there are ongoing Cabinet-level discussions that Blanche is involved in about whether the admin will invoke the “#StateSecrets privilege” to shield some info from the court.
#Trump doubling (tripling? quadrupling?…) down on #illiberal #authoritarian #StochasticTerrorism toward the #judiciary even going after conservative #SCOTUS Chief Justice #JohnRoberts (see pic).
“Although skeptical of the applicability of such privilege, the Court granted Defendants another 24hrs either to release the information ordered or to invoke the privilege.…
“In an ex parte pleading delivered shortly after today's deadline, the Govt again evaded its obligations.
3. By March 25, 2025, Defendants shall file a brief showing cause why they did not violate the Court's Temporary Restraining Orders by failing to return class members removed from the United States on the two earliest planes that departed on March 15, 2025; &
4. Plaintiffs may file any response to such brief by March 31, 2025.
Order from Judge #Boasberg in #JGGvTrump
1. By March 21, 2025, at 10:00 AM, Defendants shall submit a sworn declaration by a person with direct involvement in the Cabinet-level discussions regarding invocation of the state-secrets privilege;
2. By March 25, 2025, Defendants shall submit a declaration indicating whether or not the Government is invoking the privilege;
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.47.0_1.pdf
Holy freaking crap
The #Trump admin says that the #AlienEnemiesAct allows #Immigration Agents to enter the homes of ANY PERSON who they *believe* are subject to the declaration WITHOUT A WARRANT.
#law #Constitution #FourthAmendment #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-alien-enemies-immigration-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.39cB.wD5EgfXixxmS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p
It appears that #Trump’s #DOJ has *missed* (refused to comply with) the deadline set by Judge #Boasberg to provide answers on the #AliensEnemiesAct #deportations.
