In another tense hearing, Judge Boasberg says Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act has 'frightening' implications
Source: CNN
In another tense hearing, Judge Boasberg says Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act has ‘frightening’ implications
By Devan Cole, CNN
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Updated 6:58 PM EDT, Fri March 21, 2025
(CNN) — US District Judge James Boasberg vowed on Friday to find out whether officials in the Trump administration violated his orders temporarily blocking the use of an 1798 law for deportations by refusing to turn two flights around last weekend.
“I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order – who ordered this and what the consequences will be,” Boasberg said near the end of an hourlong hearing over whether he should lift the pair of orders he issued last Saturday.
The comments come as Boasberg, the chief judge of the federal trial-level court in Washington, DC, moves closer to deciding whether the administration flouted his orders when it allowed two flights carrying migrants being deported under the Alien Enemies Act to continue last weekend despite his verbal command that the government immediately turn the planes around and halt the deportations pending a legal challenge.
Boasberg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, appeared incensed on Friday over how the Justice Department has handled the fast-moving case, opening the hearing by tearing into the tone the administration had taken in some of its court filings.
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