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seriously when is enough is enough. they flaunt orders . the trample on teh constitution.
what do we do when laws have no meaning. seriously. why shoudl anyone obey any law if the administration gets to choose which ones to obey.

Jim__
(14,673 posts)I know congress is not going to impeach anyone in this administration. But, we the people, should not consider them the legitimate government.
ruet
(10,112 posts)in identifying the "facilitate" loophole.
Srkdqltr
(8,246 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,448 posts)moonshinegnomie
(3,307 posts)charge them under state law. no pardons. and lock them up for life without parole
OLDMDDEM
(2,448 posts)orangecrush
(24,185 posts)sop
(13,727 posts)people who have done absolutely nothing wrong other than violate some regulation, by solemnly proclaiming: "These people may not have committed any crimes, but they are breaking the law...we are a nation of laws...we have to follow the law...what would America become without the rule of law?"
But when Trump and his henchmen commit crimes, flaunt the law, or refuse to comply with Supreme Court rulings, the "rule of law" means nothing.
nature-lover
(1,833 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(161,688 posts)At the hearing the DOJ is refusing to tell the court what had been done to return Mr. Garcia
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The trial court is pissed
LetMyPeopleVote
(161,688 posts)The trial judge is piss
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-supreme-court-ruling-judge-sets-hearing-maryland/story?id=120703441
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis began a hearing Friday on Abrego Garcia's deportation by asking the government to answer where Kilmer Armando Abrego Garcia is.
"Where is he and under whose authority?" she repeatedly asked.
"I do not have that knowledge, and therefore I cannot relate that knowledge," DOJ attorney Drew Ensign said.
"I'm not asking for state secrets, I'm asking where one man who is wrongly and illegally deported, removed from this country [is]," Xinis said.
"Your Honor, I do not have the information provided to me that I can provide to you," Ensign said again.
The judge decided to go ahead with Friday's hearing after the Trump administration sought to delay the hearing until next week. The Justice Department on Friday morning asked her to reschedule the hearing for Wednesday, April 16, two days after El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is scheduled to meet with the White House -- but the judge, in a filing, kept the hearing date as scheduled.
Xinis, at the start of the hearing, said has three questions for DOJ: The current physical location and custodial status of Abrego Garcia, what steps the Trump administration has taken to facilitate his return, and what additional steps the government will take and when to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.
orangecrush
(24,185 posts)Is my best guess.
Amaryllis
(10,255 posts)surfered
(6,198 posts)newdeal2
(2,311 posts)Theyll start changing their tune pretty quickly.
markodochartaigh
(2,634 posts)by the supremacist court. But his agents are still liable. Of course if the judge holds those agents in contempt then Trump would very likely pardon them. I think that our country is backed into a very ugly corner.
live love laugh
(15,173 posts)
KT2000
(21,351 posts)ruet
(10,112 posts)No need for the foil hat.
GiqueCee
(2,130 posts)... Schrodinger's cat.
Trump told everyone that ONLY he and the DOJ would determine what the law is. Apparently, no one was listening. Or, like total fools, they said, Oh, they would never go THAT far! Guess again. They've already gone a LOT farther than "THAT far", because, thanks to the SCROTUS, they can.
Roberts and his corrupt cronies are going to have a LOT to answer for. Impeachment will be the least of their worries.
Cirsium
(2,312 posts)Can we share information without having tech bros in the loop? Shouldn't we have a 100% boycott of X at this point?
"It's more than theft. It's a violation. Data rights are human rights."
From " target="_blank">This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like Carole Cadwallad
William769
(58,634 posts)Iamscrewed
(71 posts)Impeach for failure to defend the Constitution
Impeach for the emollumet violations
Impeach for the blatant treason
The 25th amendment
How bad does it have to get before something gets worse
1930s Germany
SSJVegeta
(330 posts)Iamscrewed
(71 posts)How many more charges are needed to get something done?
Iamscrewed
(71 posts)Something didn't get through on my last post.
Impeach for dereliction of duty
Impeach for failure of oath of office
Impeach for all the money crimes
Impeach for treason
25th amendment
How stupid does this have to get?
LetMyPeopleVote
(161,688 posts)The judge is piss off at the trump DOJ
https://bsky.app/profile/politico.com/post/3lmkoimx2ak2x
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/trump-administration-illegal-deportation-el-salvador-00286877
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis scolded the administration for refusing to provide even basic details about Kilmar Abrego Garcias location, despite her demand for an update by Friday morning.....
The administrations stonewalling, which Xinis described as extremely troubling, raised the specter that it is defying the order that the judge issued last week and that the Supreme Court largely upheld Thursday.
Xinis, an Obama appointee, said that without any information or even an acknowledgment that the administration had done anything at all she could only conclude that the administration had done nothing to facilitate the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
Theres an easy way to combat that, she said, and thats just to tell me whether youve done anything and if so, what.
Xinis new directive requires the daily updates to come from an administration official with personal knowledge of efforts to return Abrego Garcia to the United States. But Justice Department officials said they may not be prepared to comply with her demands until at least Monday......
Xinis told Ensign that if Trump administration officials were depriving him of information she demanded, then you dont have full and effective contact with your clients.
orangecrush
(24,185 posts)For contempt.
LetMyPeopleVote
(161,688 posts)usedtobedemgurl
(1,642 posts)El Salvador took him for money. What if we paid more money? Like a Go Fund Me?