The Trump DOJ mentioned it’s exercising the State Secrets and techniques Privilege and knowledgeable Decide James Boasberg it’ll now not present him with any info associated to deportation flights.
Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has been grilling DOJ attorneys in regards to the Trump Administration’s transfer to deport harmful Venezuelan aliens below the Alien Enemies Act.
Decide Boasberg mentioned Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport felony aliens is “extremely troublesome and problematic” and threatened the Trump Admin with penalties in the event that they violate his order sooner or later.
On Monday night, the DOJ had sufficient of Decide Boasberg’s intrusive orders and invoked the State Secrets and techniques Privilege.
“The Government Department hereby notifies the Court docket that no additional info will probably be supplied in response to the Court docket’s March 18, 2025 Minute Order primarily based on the state secrets and techniques privilege and the concurrently filed declarations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Safety,” the DOJ wrote.
US Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi informed the choose that President Trump has plenary authority below Article II to take away from the homeland designated terrorists.
“It is a case in regards to the President’s plenary authority, derived from Article II and the mandate of the voters, and bolstered by longstanding statute, to take away from the homeland designated terrorists collaborating in a state-sponsored invasion of, and predatory incursion into, the USA. The Court docket has the entire details it wants to deal with the compliance points earlier than it. Additional intrusions on the Government Department would current harmful and wholly unwarranted separation-of-powers harms with respect to diplomatic and nationwide safety issues that the Court docket lacks competence to deal with,” the DOJ mentioned.
The DOJ straight up informed Boasberg you’re going to get no extra info associated to the deportation flights and that’s the top of the story.
“No extra info is required to resolve any authorized situation on this case. Whether or not the planes carried one TdA terrorist or a thousand or whether or not the planes made one cease or ten merely has no bearing on any related authorized situation. The necessity for extra info right here shouldn’t be merely “doubtful,” or “trivial,” it’s non-existent. The Government Department violated no legitimate order by its actions, and the Court docket has all it wants to guage compliance. Accordingly, the Court docket’s factual inquiry ought to finish,” the DOJ mentioned.
BREAKING: Trump Administration tells Decide in Alien Enemies Act case it’ll present him no extra info re the flights and so on. and is exercising the State’s Secret doctrine. 1/ pic.twitter.com/7nTB4ew2IY
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 24, 2025
Earlier Monday Decide Boasberg rejected the Trump Administration’s request to vacate the short-term restraining order (TRO), however provided to transform it to a preliminary injunction.
The choose additionally mentioned the deported felony aliens deserve particular person hearings.
