Summary

A federal judge criticized a Trump administration Justice Department lawyer who claimed they didn’t have to follow the judge’s oral order blocking deportations to El Salvador because it wasn’t in writing.

Judge Boasberg questioned why the administration ignored his directive to return immigrants to the US. The DOJ lawyer repeatedly refused to provide information about the deportations, citing “national security concerns.”

Frustrated, Boasberg ordered sworn declarations explaining what happened, quipping that he would issue a written order “since apparently my verbal orders don’t seem to carry much weight.”

  • @NimdaQA@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    His written orders won’t do anything either. Who knew the constitution can be so easily ripped to shreds by simply ignoring it.

    • @arrow74@lemm.ee
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      548 hours ago

      This should have been fixed in the 1800s when Andrew Jackson defied the Supreme Court, but it was ignored and here we are