Are Ya Winning

If you are Trump or anyone in his administration the answer is a resounding YES.

Late yesterday, SCOTUS released an opinion that ended DC Circuit Judge James Boasberg’s lawfare regarding the Enemy Aliens Act and the use of that law by the Trump admin.

Trump was using the 1789 law to deport illegal aliens from Venezuela. Boasberg issued a TRO preventing the admin from using that law as a basis for deportations. He also tried to force the administration to turn a flight around. It is clear, at least to this observer, that Boasberg was looking to set a contempt trap for the administration.

The 5-4 decision removed the case in question from Boasberg’s jurisdiction and placed it in a district court in Texas where most of the TdA detainees are being held.

Prior to that decision being handed down, Chief Justice Roberts issued a one page order vacating the order to return an El Salvadorian MS 13 member who had been deported to El Salvador. The individual in question had an active deportation order but also had an order preventing his removal to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland issued the return order Friday.

In yet more winning, the Court handed down an order regarding the firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees. In an unsigned order, the 7-2 Court ruled that the plaintiffs in the case, 9 non-profits, did not have standing to sue.