“Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump”: Law professor Adrian Vermeule has this guest essay online at The New York Times. https://t.co/e6PsFGH0QQ
“Bonus 170: Whose Judicial Overreach? Debunking the unpersuasive (and also rather unprovable) claim that the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications is largely a response to lower courts abusing their own powers.” Steve Vladeck has https://t.co/h9lTBR1AAh
#SCOTUS's defenders are increasingly arguing that the justices' behavior in Trump cases is a response to district court "overreach." Those claims depend upon cherry-picking from or misrepresenting the record—and ignoring the Court's *own* overreaching: https://t.co/dXYERNyjYG
A U.S. District Court judge in Boston, Brian Murphy, has openly defied a recent Supreme Court ruling that permits the Trump administration to deport undocumented immigrants to third countries, including nations such as South Sudan. The judge's decision effectively nullifies the Supreme Court's directive within his jurisdiction, refusing to apply the ruling. In response, Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, announced that the Trump administration will take action against the judge, promising "fireworks" as they hold him accountable for disobeying the Supreme Court. Miller emphasized that the administration intends to enforce compliance with the Supreme Court's decision on immigration deportations, signaling a forthcoming confrontation with the Boston judge over his refusal to adhere to the ruling.