Comment by duxup
9 days ago
Unanimous order.
I expected a few judges to bite on the administration’s argument that once he is out of the country the courts are not in a position to legally do anything. They did not bite.
9 days ago
Unanimous order.
I expected a few judges to bite on the administration’s argument that once he is out of the country the courts are not in a position to legally do anything. They did not bite.
Sotomayor's statement that the government's position "refutes itself" ought to have been in the full Court's order.
The current administrations insistence that even in court cases their attorneys must be unflinching in their positions ... really puts their attorneys in a somewhat hilarious spot at times. Granted it would be funnier if it weren't so sad ...
It would make it pretty hard for the judiciary to be a coequal check on the other branches if its power ended at the border.
Why? It’s nonsense on the face of it.
There are limits on what the judiciary can tell the other branches to do in regards to international relations.
Having said that there’s nothing to indicate that applies in this case. In past cases, the courts have required the US government to bring someone back who was deported. It has been done before.