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
Judge #Boasberg also finds that the Foreign Affairs Reform & Restructuring Act (#FARRA) protections likely remain available to #AlienEnemiesAct removals.
Under FARRA, these plaintiffs could seek #UN Convention Against #Torture (#CAT) protections due to *where* they were being taken — #CECOT has been accused of #HumanRights violations before.
Judge #Boasberg terrifyingly describes the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT knowing that:
- The #Trump admin admitted "many of the TdA members ... do not have criminal records”
- Several cases of misidentification have emerged
- The most senior #DOJ ofcls signed a brief saying these detainees would not suffer "irreparable harm"
#UnitedStates govt affidavit saying: "While it is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States"
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.26.1_7.pdf
DOJ brief signed by #Trump’s AG #PamBondi & the senior leadership at the #DOJ saying, "Plaintiffs have not established irreparable harm."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.26.0_3.pdf
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:
#Trump #DOJ atty starts by arguing #Boasberg’s order infringes on the powers of the Executive Branch.
Judge immediately interrupts by saying it is totally under the judicial powers to review whether individuals qualified under the #AlienEnemiesAct & were denied #DueProcess to prove they were not members of the gang #TdA.
Judge says the problem isn’t with the proclamation but the implementation. If #Trump intends to deport only members of #TdA, the fact that nonmembers are being deported doesn’t align with his proclamation. The Temporary Restraining Order #TRO issued by Judge #Boasberg allows the admin to detain but prohibits removal to another country until the detainees have been given an opportunity to argue that they were not TdA members & therefore were not subject to the #AlienEnemiesAct.
#law #immigration
The #Trump #DOJ atty just told the judge she is incorrectly reading #Ludecke.
Ryan Goodman noted that Judge #Boasberg in his ruling this morning correct interprets Ludecke.
“Chief Judge Boasberg read landmark Supreme Court case of Ludecke the right way!
“Ludecke Court assessed the factual question of whether WWII terminated.
“So too can courts assess Trump ‘invasion’ etc claims.”
#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.
Judge: Your argument is that this is an intrusion on presidential powers. But removing individuals without process, without giving them the opportunity to say they aren’t members of the TdA is a misreading of the #law, the #AlienEnemiesAct. And that is subject to judicial review. The president has to follow the constitution & laws just like everybody else.
@Nonilex I think the SCOTUS has decided otherwise tho?
No. If their argument law is being misinterpreted & inappropriately applied that can be reviewed by the courts & corrected by the government.
I assume you’re talking about their immunity decision. That was regarding the president’s acts within his official duties.