The federal judge of Washington, James Boasberg, ordered on Saturday to suspend for 14 days the expulsion of migrants under the law of foreign enemies of 1798, activated by Trump against the Venezuelan Gang Train of Aragua. Until now, it has only been used three times: during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II.
It is very, very clear that it is an activist judge who tries to usurp the president’s authority, said White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, at a press conference.
The US president, Donald Trumpon Wednesday asked for the magistrate’s dismissal, which earned him a reprimand of the Head of the Supreme Court, John Roberts. Dismissal is not an appropriate response to a disagreement about a judicial decision, Roberts recalled.
Executive vs. judicial
Boasberg demanded the Trump administration to determine if the suspension of the expulsions that ordered March 15 was respected, since several Flights later landed in El Salvador. However, the government claims to have fulfilled the order from the moment the judge put it in writing.
This Wednesday, Trump’s government recalled that he has appealed in this case and asked the judge to resign the clarifications requested until the Court of Appeals is pronounced, probably before the weekend. In addition, he accuses him of putting the Judiciary to the Executive Power. “The two powers are on equal foot,” he says.
The judge, however, does not give his arm to twist. The appeal for a party that is considered harmed by a judicial decision is the appeal procedure, not disobedience, replied on Wednesday, citing a jurisprudence of the Supreme Court.
Asked by Fox News on Tuesday about the possibility of contradicting a judicial decision, Trump replied: No, that cannot be done. But we have corrupt judges. I think there is a time when you have to ask what to deal with a villain judge.
Other discrepancies
Some decisions of the 78 -year -old Republican President have been blocked or suspended by judges in the name of respect for the Constitution, laws and the balance of powers.
Millionaire Elon Musk, in charge of Trump to cut public expenses, was outraged on Wednesday before the decision of a judge to suspend the exclusion of the transgender people of the Armed Forces.
It is a court coup. We need 60 senators to dismiss the judges and restore the power of the people, he said in his X account.
Federal judges are appointed for life. To be approved, an dismissal procedure needs more than two thirds of the votes of the 100 senators, that is, at least 67. Republicans have 53.