Boasberg held there was probable cause to show the government's transfer of immigrants to CECOT without due process was a willful violation of his order.

Cross-posted from “A Federal Judge Is on the Brink of Criminally Prosecuting Trump Officials for Contempt” by @remington@beehaw.org in !politics@beehaw.org

In a thundering opinion on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg announced that he had found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defiance of his orders. It is “obvious,” Boasberg wrote, that government officials “deliberately flouted” his commands by deporting Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran prison on March 15 under President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. And now they must answer for their unlawful conduct. “The Constitution,” he declared, “does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    That’s assuming people actually turn out to the primaries.

    And honest, extant primaries.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Congressional primaries are honest, they’re just not attended. The average Democratic congressional primary turnout is ~20%. You know who always shows for primaries? Old people, and lots of ‘em.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Congressional primaries are honest, they’re just not attended.

        Jessica Cisneros did not face an honest primary. Neither did Cori Bush, nor Jamaal Bowman.

        They faced a party that is openly hostile to progressives, and one that absolutely plays favorites.

            • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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              1 day ago

              You said the primaries were unfair in response to my statement that they are often unattended. The average turnout is ~20% for a congressional primary. The overwhelmingly largest demographic are retirees. I’m asking what the turnout was in the specific primaries you deemed unfair.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 day ago

                I’m asking what the turnout was in the specific primaries you deemed unfair.

                Because you’re unwilling to address the actions of the party and how it protects incumbents only when they are to the right of their challengers.