The DOJ Is Asking a Conservative Court to Give Trump a Terrifying New Power

An Administration Drowning In Vindictive Prosecution Motions Would Like To Abolish The Category

Attorney General Todd Blanche has been in the big chair for all of two weeks, and his Justice Department is already back on its bullshit. This time the target is a familiar one: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the government deported to El Salvador by mistake, fought tooth and nail to avoid bringing back, and then — once a court forced its hand — greeted at the airport with a human-smuggling indictment. That indictment is dead. In May, Ch…

The DOJ Is Asking a Conservative Court to Give Trump a Terrifying New Power

This case appears likely to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.