There's been a debate for a while now as to whether we are in a constitutional crisis. trump has previously defied lower court orders, tried to expand presidential powers past their legal limits, and weaponized the DoJ beyond recognition.
I think the debate is over.
Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Trump Admin Refuses to Return Man It Wrongly Sent to Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration said Monday the U.S. government will not return a Maryland resident it erroneously sent to a hard labor prison in El Salvador.
The refusal comes despite the Supreme Court unanimously upholding a lower-court ruling ordering it to “facilitate” the man’s return to the U.S. It’s the latest and perhaps most troubling example of the Trump administration undermining the rule of law by appearing to flatly defy judicial orders.
President Donald Trump last month invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), an 18th-century wartime law, to transfer the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and hundreds of other people to El Salvador.
In a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that the U.S. could not order El Salvador to return Abrego García.
White House aide Stephen Miller said bringing Abrego García back would constitute “kidnapping” and an “invasion of El Salvador’s sovereignty” and also falsely stated that the Supreme Court had ruled in the Trump administration’s favor.
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I believe there is a hearing scheduled for tomorrow in the appeals court that initially made the "effectuate" ruling, instructing the regime to bring Garcia back to the US. I suppose that means the door is still not entirely shut for the regime. It may decide it needs to comply with the appeals court's order as well as the SC's. But maybe not. What happens if it decides not to comply.........I'm actually not sure.
This may be the moment JD Vance spoke about when he said, to paraphrase, "the courts can rule any way they want, let's see them enforce their ruling." If trump does not relent this may be his undoing. It can't come soon enough.
It goes without saying this............
Trump administration says it lacks authority to get Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador
........is not true.
