Trump Administration Takes A Step Toward Defying Supreme Court Order
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A showdown may be imminent at the Supreme Court now that the Justice Department has hedged again.

A showdown may be imminent at the Supreme Court now that the Justice Department has hedged again.

A federal judge denied the Justice Department’s request for more time on Friday to explain its plans for returning a man to the U.S. after the government deported him to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a two-page order Friday after Justice Department prosecutors cited a need for a “reasonable period of time to review the Supreme Court’s order,” issued late Thursday that ordered the government to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S…

  • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    It’s ridiculous that the US government is paying a foreign government to detain prisoners on its behalf and seems to be claiming it didn’t put anything in the contract about a way to get the prisoners back.

    • ceenote@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Given that they admitted he was detained by mistake in the first place, I think “evil” is the word I’d use.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 days ago

      It just temporary, until they finish the 30,000 bed facility theyre building in Guantanamo.

    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I strongly suspect that this was all by design. If they jail them in US prisons, it’s very easy for them to be released. When they’re being held by a foreign government, it’s very difficult to force them to release them, especially when they know the president doesn’t actually want them released in the first place. I’d even wager there’s an under the table agreement that they won’t release them, even if pressed.

      • forrgott@lemm.ee
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        10 days ago

        Well, it’s not even under the table. The vile price of shit warden publicly said something to the effect of, “Yeah, none of them are ever seeing their homes again”

        • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          There’s also the fact that the prisons are NOTABLY deadly. So if the administration winds up actually being forced to release a person, they can just have an “unfortunate accident” and now that’s ANOTHER court case to determine whether they have to ship the body back (which again, is easily handled by “well it’s in one of these mass graves.”)

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I hope that judge is pissed off enough to start jailing Administration officials for contempt.

      • skozzii@lemmy.ca
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        10 days ago

        Imagine how different America would be if they actually held people accountable for their actions and crimes.

        • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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          10 days ago

          I was SCREAMING for it after the Bush administration, but Obama and the rest of weak-willed Dem weenies let them off the hook.

          If Obama had shown bold leadership when he needed to, MAGA never could have taken root. If Biden had shown bold leadership after Jan 6, HitlerPig and his henchmen woukd be in either Gitmo or the Supermax, and their followers would all be claiming they were never MAGA.