Trump's Violations of Court Orders -- What We Can Do

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What’s Happening?

The Trump administration willfully ignored a court order, and Trump is now joining Elon Musk in calling for the impeachment of judges who have ruled against them. In response, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement: “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

The “normal appellate review process” ends, of course, at the U.S. Supreme Court. But we don’t need to wait and see whether Roberts will hand Trump another huge victory, like last year’s notorious immunity ruling, or whether Trump will defy a Supreme Court ruling against him, to recognize that the constitutional crisis is already here.

What’s the Backstory?

On Saturday, March 15, Trump invoked the wartime “Alien Enemies Act” (AEA) to expel 238 immigrants living in the U.S. that the administration claimed—with seemingly little or no proof— were part of a “foreign terrorist” gang called Tren de Aragua (TdA), which is not operated by the government of Venezuela but originated there. The AEA, drafted in 1798, was infamously cited to imprison Americans of Japanese descent in internment camps after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Congress later issued an official apology for these orders.

On Saturday evening, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued an unambiguous order to the Justice Department: “You shall inform your clients of this immediately, and that any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States,” along with a temporary restraining order barring the Department of Homeland Security from removing those 238 people from the U.S. until further proceedings could be held about their legal rights.

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1. What Can You Do?

Contact your members of Congress and let them know that you expect them to fight to protect the people’s power and ensure Americans’ freedoms, public services, and jobs are protected.

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Learn more from Indivisible about how to make your voice heard by attending and speaking at town halls.

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Basically, wake the fuck up and get involved!