Chief Justice Roberts Should've Kept His Mouth Shut  

Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet

President Donald J. Trump was right to go scorched Earth on little District Judge James Boasberg, who is violating the separation of powers by enjoining the executive in some legal gobbledygook about the president not being able to deport foreign terrorists. Boasberg ruled that the Trump administration couldn’t invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to accelerate the deportation of Venezuelan gang members—Tren de Aragua—who has been designated a terror group. The judge even ordered deportation flights to return to the United States; they didn’t, as the planes were over international waters.

The media is framing this as a constitutional crisis since Trump ignored the ruling. His communications team isn’t framing it that way, but I couldn’t care less if they did. It should be ignored. Boasberg lacks the authority to dictate what is already explicitly outlined under Article II. The only crisis is the one Boasberg creates by acting like some Americanized version of Oliver Cromwell on speed. Read more and see Xs here.