The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president’s use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.
The Trump administration sought to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport more than 100 Venezuelans to the Terrorist Confinement Center prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last month, provoking a legal challenge.
To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, including a friendship with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, say otherwise.
The judge, James E. Boasberg, said he was likely to wait until next week to rule on whether the White House was in contempt of court for having ignored his order.
Judge James E. Boasberg said on Thursday that there was a “fair likelihood” that the Trump administration had violated his order to stop deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a wartime law.
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