It is becoming clear that the Trump regime's strategy to break the rule of law and make law the rule of a dictator: Act like a dictator first, and then see how much they can get away with it later, using the Supreme Court for OKs.
The Trump regime is attempting to tear down the rule of law, by threatening impeachment of judges whose rullnges they do not like, bullying large law firms into not representing clients the Trump regime does not like, and now threatening to defy court orders in the wrongfully deporting Venezualan gang members, depositing them in El Salvador jails the US funds, and now defying court orders to return them to the US to face due process hearings.) The Supreme Court then ruled unanimously that before deportation, there must be a hearing before a judge, a right granted by the Constitution to all persons in the US, not just citizens.
Updates: 4/19/2025.What is critical about the decisions surrounding the Abrego-Garcia case is not just an unjust treatment of an individual, it is the precedent it sets for anyone else, that the same bogus arguments could be used against anyone, US citizen or migrant, who dares to speak out against the government or just spends time with the wrong crowd. Those considered undesirable in a tyrant's eyes can be abused by a (king, dictator,)citing a decision favorable to the tyrant court precedent that in turn affects us all, not just Abrego-Garcia. It is particularly alarming when Trump says he is considering sending bad criminal citizens to offshore prisons. So far, the courts have ruled that all citizens and migrants must have a due process hearing. A sneak removal by airplane in the middle of the night to avoid due process is a possible criminal contempt of a court ruling, that is also being litigated.
The argument from the right, Abrego-Garcia is a criminal and gang member, without credible crime evidence...just an assertion. That is the problem: who says or decides who is a criminal or gang member?ICE? The A way is to require due process, a hearing before a judge with time to prepare for a defense, and Abrego-Garcia is a case in point. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-el-salvador-9988b667199e1b02fc0a6a83570225c1
Trump's Team Caved on Abrego Garcia Deportation in 2019 | TIME The court ruled Abrego Garcia had special protection status from deportation because he feared for his live and the Trump administration failed to appeal the ruling. That was in Trump's first term. It was not because he was or was not a gang member. The court ruled Abrego Garcia had special protection status from deportation because he feared for his live and the Trump administration failed to appeal the ruling. That was in Trump's first term. It was not because he was or was not a gang member. If he had a chance to bring this up before an immigration judge under "due process" clause and not put on a plane the middle of the night before he had a chance to tell a judge, this would not have been an issue. It would be a simple thing to bring Abrego Garcia back to stand before a due process immigration judge (a full trial is not required) to bring up the 2019 order. That is probably why the Trump admin. has been defying the court orders to do so. It would be very embarrassing and the Trump admin. could not plead ignorance since they were the one who screwed up in 2019. In addition, is there any evidence that Abrego Garcia has been actively involved in gang activity since 2019?
The last word about the Alien Enemies Act, under which Trump claims, gives him the right to do what he is doing, whether there is a war with Venezuela. The act was supposed to be used in wartime.That may yet be litigated.https://apnews.com/article/trump-alien-enemies-act-venezuela-tren-de-aragua-103919f71db9a9e7a9a3de102858548
Update 4/19/2025In an attempt to avoid having to toe the line of the rule of law, Trump commits another stretch of truth: The Alien Enemies Act, which was designed to remove enemies during a war. Zap, claims Trump/ We are at war with Venezuela. We are? That may have stretched an interpretation of the law to the breaking point. In an emergency ruling the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order to stop deportees using that law. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-61385/supreme-court-block-deportations
https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/whats-big-deal-about-rule-of-law.html
https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/what-those-who-support-rule-of-law.html What those who support the rule of law should fear the most: what happens if the Trump regime defies a court order? By whom and how can there be any enforcement?
The Supreme Court just set up a potentially huge clash with Trump Update: 4/11/2025
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-4-9-2025#00000196-1b3e-df33-a5d6-5b7facb40000 Courts now denying deportations based on enemies act, likely to go to SCOTUS
https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/whats-big-deal-about-rule-of-law.html
https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/what-those-who-support-rule-of-law.htm
4/18/2025 GOP Judge Darkly Warns Of Last Chance To Avoid Tyranny The appeals court rejected the Trump administration appeal in the case of the wrongly deported Abrego-Garcia: The ruling is also a wakeup call:
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