President Donald Trump filed a brief to the Supreme Court, requesting that they allow his administration to deport Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
“A single district court cannot broadly disable the President from discharging his most fundamental duties, regardless of the order’s label, and irrespective of its duration,” the brief says. “This Court should vacate this TRO [temporary restraining order], halt the tide of injunctions, and restore the constitutional balance.”
“Even though a majority of the court of appeals considered the district court’s orders to be appealable and all three judges delved at length into the merits, respondents insist that the orders are unappealable because they ‘merely preserve the status quo,'” the filing adds. “That argument just shows how malleable the ‘status quo’ moniker is and how unreliable a gauge it is for appealability.”
“The court’s nationwide TRO irreparably harms the government not only by blocking removal of specific aliens, but also by halting the government’s broader foreign-policy plan for responding to the attempted infiltration of the United States by a foreign terrorist organization entwined with a hostile foreign regime, and by frustrating international negotiations premised on that policy plan,” Trump’s counsel wrote.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) announced last month that he filed articles of impeachment against U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg after the judge halted the Trump administration’s deportation flights of Venezuelan gang members. The impeachment resolution accuses Boasberg of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Similarly, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced a resolution to remove Boasberg for failing to maintain the standard of good behavior as described by the Constitution under Article III, Section 1.
“Judge Boasberg abused his judicial authority for political gain and is not in compliance with the constitutional Good Behavior Clause,” Biggs said in a statement. “He must not be permitted to remain in his position. Congress has a duty to fulfill the promises we’ve made to the American people, including defending the President’s authority to enforce our laws.”
