At least 35 times since August, federal #judges have ordered the #Trump admin to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in #immigration cases.
The judge was angry. She had ordered a detained immigrant to be released in #Minnesota, but instead he was let go in #ElPaso, #Texas where he had to spend the night in a shelter. All his property was supposed to have been returned, but the government was still holding his identity papers.
#law #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/judges-contempt-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
“Why should I not hold you in #contempt?” the judge asked a #DOJ lawyer at a hearing last week. Instead of answers, she got excuses.
“I don’t think there was ever any intention to defy the court orders,” said the lawyer, Matthew Isihara, a military judge advocate [ #JAG] on temporary assignment to the Justice Department. “We were doing our best & things, unfortunately, slipped — slipped through the cracks.”
#Trump #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment