Ever since the Supreme Court weighed in on the J.G.G. case in early April, holding that D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg did not have jurisdiction to enter temporary restraining orders (TROs) certifying a class and restraining the government from removing alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members from the country pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), we’ve been waiting to see what the courts who do have jurisdiction (at least arguably) might do in the offshoot cases.
Thursday, we received an answer in one of those cases, and it’s not one that is favorable to the Trump administration, although it should be noted at the outset that Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump appointee. So, whether this was a partisan decision or a misguided one is not readily evident. And even while one might disagree with the conclusions reached by Rodriguez on the…
