Rogue jurist demanding due process for criminals in prison in El Salvador
By Bob Unruh
A rogue federal judge who repeatedly has issued nationwide, even worldwide, orders telling the administration of President Donald Trump how he wants the Executive Branch operations run, now is being told to “pound sand.”
That’s the evaluation from PJMedia about a conflict that has been brewing since Trump’s second term started and James Boasberg, a federal judge in Washington, started issuing orders about administration actions that, literally, have been worldwide.
Boasberg has established a long history of antagonism toward Trump, from his participation in various Democrat lawfare cases in recent years to his more recent attempts to block Trump from enforcing laws to secure the American border and remove from its shores criminal illegal aliens.
The latest conflict Boasberg has created was an order for the U.S. government to deliver “due process” for Venezuelan migrant criminals deported last year to a prison in El Salvador and held there now.
According to the report, “For over a year, President Donald Trump’s team has tangled with activist judges who act as if they run the executive branch. These activists in black robes think they can dictate policy on border security, national defense, and pretty much everything the executive branch does. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has become the poster child for this judicial overreach. Last week, the Trump administration finally decided it had enough of his illegitimate orders, and told him, in so many words, to pound sand.”
The flashpoint is that the Trump administration told the judge it will not comply with his demand for due process for criminals in another nation’s prison, and if he continues to insist, the administration will move immediately to higher courts.
According to the report, “The status and plight of 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to a Salvadoran prison last March under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act have emerged as one of the defining court fights of Trump’s second term, allowing the administration to test its mettle against the federal courts and the practical limits of judicial authority, on one of Trump’s biggest policy priorities.”
Boasberg, who publicly has fretted that the White House will not do exactly as he wants, in that case has been told in a court filing from the Department of Justice that the administration believes there is no further due process due the illegal alien criminals who were deported.
Explained the report, “Past presidents such as Barack Obama were never forced to abide by the conditions left-wing judges are now imposing on Trump. When Obama exercised prosecutorial discretion on immigration, deferring removal proceedings for specific categories of aliens, it wasn’t controversial. But when Trump tries to deport alleged gang members who pose a national security threat, suddenly judges think they can dictate every detail of how the executive branch operates.”
Boasberg has been the subject of impeachment discussions as well as the target of an ethics complaint filed by the DOJ, even though another federal judge protected him in that fight.
According to Fox News, the Justice Department has pointed out to Boasberg that the White House does not control El Salvador or its prison system, and cannot return the criminal to the U.S. to comply with Boasberg’s demands.
