**Edit added: The first news I saw today made me think it was game over. It looked like the Trump administration had openly defied a US District Judge. I searched until some possible clarification was published. I wanted to get this out to others who might be as upset as I was. In no way do I mean this to be a defense of the current administration. Apparently they are still wriggling around somewhat within the framework of the Constitution, and haven’t yet decided to openly ignore the judicial system.**
Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in order to deport alleged gang members who came to the US from Venezuela. Hours later a US District Judge issued an order blocking the deportations.
... but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. [The Judge] Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include the directive in his written order.
www.oregonlive.com/...
There is a lot that’s wrong here. And the ACLU is still demanding answers about the timing of the court decision and the deportations. One law professor was quoted saying that since the judge didn’t write that the planes turn around, the administration acted in opposition to the spirit of the law but not the letter.
I take some comfort in the idea that the administration hasn’t cast off the fig leaf of acting within the law.
I’m so sorry for innocents swept up in this.
