Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Aug 8, 2025🚨A massive win for President Trump against rogue judges. Chief Judge Boasberg was brazenly trying to punish the…
Summary
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Chief Judge Boasberg's contempt ruling against the Trump administration regarding the enforcement of a deportation order under the Alien Enemies Act, finding the original order was unclear and that the government's interpretation was reasonable. The appeals court sided with the government's argument that the TdA members had already been removed when the order was issued, and that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction over the case.
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This fight dates back to March 15, when the President invoked the Alien Enemies Act to fast-track the deportation of dangerous Venezuelan gang members and cartel affiliates from our country.
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Mar 27, 2025President Trump has full authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act and make our country safer, period.
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Several of the aliens facing removal sued in D.C. Despite not being the emergency judge on duty, Boasberg assumed control of the case and, in the evening of March 15, issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting their removal under the AEA.
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Jul 28, 2025In March, Judge Boasberg was assigned to four major Trump cases in the first days of the administration, statistically very improbable. Further, Judge Boasberg took over the Alien Enemies case, despite not being the emergency judge on duty that night.
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His written order merely prohibited the government from "removing" class members. The government, for months, has asserted that it didn't violate the order because the TdA members had already been removed from the U.S. when the order issued.
Eric W.@EWess92 · Aug 8, 2025VINDICATION! President Trump's lawyers at @TheJusticeDept have faced enormous challenges in trying to enforce federal immigration law. Judge Boasberg even tried to hold them in criminal contempt. No more says the DC Circuit 2-1. This is a huge win for fair play in court
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Nevertheless, Boasberg plowed ahead with these baseless contempt proceedings, ordering the government to either return these dangerous criminals to the U.S. or to identify the government officials who purportedly violated his order.
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Jul 28, 2025Rogue Judge Boasberg may "discipline" DOJ for not turning around planes full of terrorists and gangbangers headed to El Salvador. Boasberg was just exposed for being biased against Trump last week. I have new receipts that show he has been a partisan since his confirmation.🧵
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Thankfully, the D.C. Circuit has put a stop to the Chief Judge's power trip. First, Judge Katsas explained that the TRO was insufficiently clear to support a contempt charge. The government's interpretation of the order was perfectly plausible.
Mike Fragoso@mike_frags · Aug 8, 2025Just savage opinion by Judge Katsas on the Boasberg contempt proceedings.
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Second, Judge Boasberg's oral orders were likely well beyond his authority and the government was correct to base its conduct on his narrower written order.
Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland · Aug 8, 20253/ OMgosh...EXACTLY what Trump Administration (and I) have been screaming!
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Since January, we have faced an epidemic of rogue federal judges ignoring the law and Supreme Court in a mad dash to thwart the President's agenda.
Chad Mizelle@ChadMizelle47 · Aug 8, 2025To recap for those not following along, let me give you a timeline leading up to this YUGE ruling:  Judge Boasberg “predicts” that the Trump Admin will violate court orders.  A few days later, Judge Boasberg serendipitously gets a case involving the removal of the most violent members of a foreign terrorist organization.  Judge Boasberg issues an injunction and is promptly flipped by the Supreme Court because he lacked jurisdiction over the case.  Boasberg now concludes that Trump Admin has violated his unlawful injunction and finds probable cause to hold the government in contempt.  DC Circuit stays his probable cause finding.  Boasberg next issues a preliminary injunction holding that the removal of these violent aliens violated due process.  DC Circuit issues an administrative stay of that ruling. 
Boasberg complains that the DC Circuit is taking too long to adjudicate his rulings.  DC Circuit promptly vacates Boasberg’s contempt finding.  As Judge Katsas of the DC Circuit recognized, Judge Boasberg’s order raised “troubling” questions of judicial control over core Executive functions and prompted an “extraordinary, ongoing confrontation” between the Executive and Judicial branches. We are not dealing with a good faith disagreement over the law.  If judges want to be partisan political actors, Congress should treat them as such.
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Hopefully, with this ruling Chief Judge Boasberg and his rogue colleagues will get the message that they too must follow the law.
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmitt · Jun 3, 2025Judge James Boasberg has somehow been assigned FOUR major Trump cases. A statistical impossibility. That isn't "random." It's rigged.
