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BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.
Opinion: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.148.0_1.pdf
Order: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.147.0.pdf

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T21:20:10.559Z
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T21:21:36.159Z
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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sakabatou
(46,134 posts)choie
(6,903 posts)Why the hell is Boasberg so afraid to charge them with contempt? These are people's lives we're talking about!
UTUSN
(77,763 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,507 posts)That's a very futuristic question.
Hardly engenders the urgency required to prevent injury, or worse, to people illegally subjected to rendition and legal catch-22s.
It's way past time to hold someone responsible for contempt. If it were me as the judge, I'd start with the government attorney in front of me, and go all the way up the chain of "management", jailing a higher level of the DOJ hierarchy each day. It shouldn't take long to get where Harry Truman said the buck stops at
republianmushroom
(22,317 posts)To think this administration would do some thing like that. Surprised.
GoodRaisin
(10,899 posts)and will get it.