#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.”
Judge #Boasberg has set a hearing date for April 3 at 3PM to hear #Trump admin’s argument for why they shouldn't be held in #contempt for violating his order to turn the planes around that were *deporting* supposed #Venezuelan gang members to a prison in #ElSalvador w/o #DueProcess.
ICYMI -
What to expect from a felon tyrant wannabe king who keeps getting stopped by a judiciary enforcing the #RuleOfLaw? That he continue to break laws and try to silence those who call it out and oppose him.
It’s also why he’s attacking law firms.
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!
Woo hoo!!!!
NEW: The US Court of Appeals for DC just DENIED #Trump's request to stay Judge #Boasberg's halt on the use of the #AlienEnemiesAct.
The decision is 2-1, w/ Trump appointee Judge Walker dissenting [shocker] on jurisdictional [technical, not merits] grounds, arguing the lawsuit should have been brought in Texas.
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
via Chris Newman:
Judge Chen asked attorneys for #Trump admin whether there is any evidence in the administrative record to support its claim that the #Venezuelans are members of so-called “Tren de Agua” gang.
Their response: “We don’t have any specific answer to that…”
[classic]
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
They were arrested during routine #ICE check-ins. Then they disappeared.
#Deportation proceedings are often shrouded in secrecy. But lawyers say the lack of information about the #Venezuelan migrants deported under the #AlienEnemiesAct is nearly unprecedented.
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbuseOfPower #Trump
https://wapo.st/4iVHPaN
The confusion over #Trump’s signature prompted some speculation that perhaps the document was signed using an #autopen, a machine that uses real ink to duplicate a human signature. The #DOJ has said the autopen is a legal way to sign official presidential documents, but Trump has ridiculed the practice as inauthentic [& Trump proclaimed Biden’s pardons were invalid for its use].
#DOJ is back up briefly for a hypothetical presented by Boasberg about whether the #AlienEnemiesAct could apply to Chinese fishermen under their interpretation of the #AEA. They agreed it could.
Court is adjourned for the day.
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #Judiciary #Trump #AbuseOfPower
