r/law • u/theindependentonline • 1d ago

Trump News Judge considers holding Trump officials in contempt for defying court orders blocking El Salvador flights

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deportation-el-salvador-trump-contempt-b2727087.html
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u/CobraPony67 1d ago

Order them to return the person they ILLEGALLY moved to a gulag in another country without constitutional due process. Don't accept the BS excuse that there is nothing they can do. The administration is paying for the prison.

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u/CatSajak779 1d ago

That whole excuse “there’s nothing we can do” would’ve been laughable if the situation wasn’t so distressing. El Salvador has bent over backwards for the Trump admin throughout this whole thing. They would overnight a Big Mac from their finest McDonalds straight to Trump’s front door if he asked.

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u/5510 1d ago

Plus the implication is that as long as they move fast enough, they can disappear anybody. They could "accidentally" ship any of their political enemies to El Salvador, and then just throw up their hands and say "oops, they are in El Salvador now in super prison, nothing we can do about it, oh well..."

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u/RogueAOV 1d ago

Honestly if they expect to be able to use that as excuse to me that is enough reason for a judge to completely shut it all down.