What Does "Due Process" Mean?

[Big Blitz]

 

 

 

 

 

[Capco]

27 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Just because you found a tweet of someone who is also wrong doesn't magically make you right.  

[Big Blitz]

 

 

….Can you imagine if the Supreme Court had bypassed all lower courts, and enjoined an emergency COVID regulation twenty-four hours after a district court TRO was filed?

 

Does everyone remember the South Bay "super precedent"? During the pandemic, there were actual imminent injuries by American citizens who sought to pray on holidays.

But Chief Justice Roberts took his time, and ruled against people of faith for months at a time. It wasn't until Justice Barrett's confirmation that this tide turned. (I am convinced she regrets that early vote.) By contrast, the Court issues unprecedented orders to ensure that alleged gang members, who are in this country illegally, cannot be deported. I'm glad that the Chief has his priorities straight….

 

….Justice Alito's sixth bullet references a hearing before Judge Boasberg on a Saturday.

 

Although this Court did not hear directly from the Government regarding any planned deportations under the Alien Enemies Act in this matter, an attorney representing the Government in a different matter, J. G. G. v. Trump, No. 1:25–cv–766 (DC), informed the District Court in that case during a hearing yesterday evening that no such deportations were then planned to occur either yesterday, April18, or today, April 19.

 

Judges in the Beltway apparently are always on call to hold emergency hearings whenever the ACLU asks for one. It is unclear why Judge Boasberg is doing anything with these cases. The Supreme Court found he lacks venue and the D.C. Circuit stayed his special prosecutor frolick. Still, even if Boasberg denied relief, he is still demanding concessions from government lawyers.

 

The seventh bullet points out an obvious argument: the Court has never held that habeas can be used to certify a class, and the District Court never certified a class. The Supreme Court cannot exercise Rule 23 powers on the fly.

 

Although the Court provided class-wide relief, the District Court never certified a class, and this Court has never held that class relief may be sought in a habeas proceeding.

 

Justice Alito issues a challenge to his fellow members: I couldn't join this opinion, so why did you?

 

In sum, literally in the middle of the night, the Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without giving the lower courts a chance to rule, without hearing from the opposing party, within eight hours of receiving the application, with dubious factual support for its order, and without providing any explanation for its order. I refused to join the Court's order because we had no good reason to think that, under the circumstances, issuing an order at midnight was necessary or appropriate.

 

The conclusion is a shot at J. Harvie Wilkinson:

 

Both the Executive and the Judiciary have an obligation to follow the law. The Executive must proceed under the terms of our order in Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S. ___ (2025) (per curiam), and this Court should follow established procedures.

 

Amen. The obligation cannot only be on Trump; the Court must obey the law as well. The more Chief Justice Roberts issues decisions like this, the more his precious "legitimacy" withers…..

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Big Blitz

[Big Blitz]

I’m beginning to doubt these people were ever deported.   Deep state lies.  
 

 

 

[Pokebball]

22 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

I’m beginning to doubt these people were ever deported.   Deep state lies.  
 

 

 

Do I have these numbers correct? There have been 30 judicial blockades for 100,000 deportations under Trump and zero for 20 million deportations under Clinton, Bush and Obama? And Trump's follows a Biden administration that allowed 10, 20 or 30 million cross the border.

 

What has changed?

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Pokebball

[Andy1]

 

[Big Turk]

9 hours ago, Westside said:

Didn’t your side want to send anyone who didn’t agree with the leftists to a reeducation camp not too long ago? 
Talk about a communist regime!!!!!

 

I don't have a side.

 

I'm not dumb enough to believe this is about any side other than rich or poor.

 

You are the person watching the magic show thinking what you see is real. I'm the person watching that knows it's all misdirection designed to get you to pay attention to something else so they can do whatever they want while you aren't looking at them.

Edited 1 hour ago by Big Turk