There’s been a lot of focus over the past week-and-a-half on the case filed against the Trump administration in the D.C. District Court challenging the administration’s authority to remove individuals designated as Tren de Aragua gang members from the country pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act.
In a hastily called hearing Saturday before last, Judge James Boasberg entered a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the administration and ordered them not to remove the plaintiffs (later extended to an entire class of individuals), which arguably would have required turning planes that had already left U.S. airspace around.
President Donald Trump was critical of Boasberg’s ruling and called for his impeachment (though he was not alone in this). Not long after, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a public statement about the improvidence of using…
