US EditionAppeals court won’t lift order to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s return in blistering opinion
- On Thursday, May 8, 2025, a panel of three judges from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals collectively declined to halt an order mandating the Trump administration to assist in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador.
- This ruling comes after Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported in violation of a court order from 2019 that prevented his removal, with the administration maintaining it cannot arrange for his return from El Salvador.
- The appeals court sharply rejected government lawyers’ argument that lifting domestic obstacles suffices and emphasized Abrego Garcia’s due process rights were violated by deportation without charges.
- Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee, authored the seven-page order condemning the administration’s position as "both extraordinary and premature" and warning of an "incipient crisis" in the rule of law.
- The ruling heightens the conflict between the courts and the executive branch, indicating continued federal court involvement to enforce the migrant’s ordered return despite opposition from executive officials.
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Ignoring laws and courts, Trump crosses a legal Rubicon
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order as young people show copies of the executive order they signed at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 20. (Photo by Ben Curtis/Associated Press) April is the cruelest month, because that’s when the rule of law finally collapsed. I don’t mean that criminal gangs now run riot and law-abiding citizens cower behind bushes. For the most part, police mainta…
Stranding Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador Is a Symbol of The Decline of the U.S. ~ L.A. TACO
Abrego Garcia’s story hits home for millions of Chicanos and other Latinos in the U.S. Many of us were raised to believe the American system was better than the countries our families came from—Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, etc. We believed in due process, basic rights, and citizenship. We believed the law was a shield.
Democrats’ messy war on Trump goes from strategic to desperate
Treacherous and malicious as it was, the Democrats‘ coordinated and strategic 2016 campaign to portray President Donald Trump as an agent of Russia proved to be a resounding success. Initiated by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign, the effort quickly drew in high-ranking Obama administration officials, the federal agencies they led, Democratic leaders in both houses of Congress, and, of course, the legacy media. …
Susan Estrich: Doing the right thing takes courage
Doing the right thing isn't easy when you have a would-be dictator and a squad of political terrorists threatening you. That's what these people really are, and they are frankly scary. They don't care whether they destroy whoever and whatever stands in their way. I don't blame the law firms or universities that have caved to the terror tactics. I don't blame the federal employees who remain quiet in the hopes of keeping their jobs. Until you're …
How to discredit Trump’s deportation project
In discussing the illegal rendition of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, there is a sense among liberals that it’s a bad idea to bring up that he’s not white. I get this sense from good-faith statements in his defense that try to universalize his case for the sake of everyone. But in doing so, liberals overlook the whole truth as well as a chance to go on the offensive. What kind of statements? Here is US Senator Chris Van Hollen. Abrego Garcia is his con…
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