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So far, at least nine (now ~40) (now ~160) (now hundreds) judges, including Trump appointees, have ruled against Trump orders

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Trump is correct on this one. From a study of history it is quite clear that birthright was never intended for the children of non-citizens just visiting.
Unfortunately the Supreme Court has more and more gone with what is trendy rather than original intent.
Yes, Lord knows even as bad as this court is they should be taking their ques from literal wingnuts.
I think that is even beneath Clarence Thomas. I mean who's next in Trump's suggestion? Laura Loomer?
Oh that's right, her charge is firing intelligence agents.
 
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'Nothing was filed': Trump-appointed judge orders 'convicted criminal' to be released due to Trump administration's courtroom incompetence

To avoid serious constitutional problems, the Court read an implicit limitation into the statute: the government may detain a noncitizen only for a period "reasonably necessary" to secure his removal. And to make that rule workable, the Court established a presumption. For the first six months, detention is presumptively reasonable. After that period has passed and the alien "provides good reason to believe that there is no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future," the burden shifts to the government to provide evidence sufficient to rebut that showing.

[The individual in question has been held for seven months.]

[But] The government had a very real potential opportunity to make a case that Castellanos-Gorra could, in fact, be deported.

That opportunity was apparently squandered.

... the Court ordered the Government to provide more details about those attempted removals. The Government's response? Crickets. Nothing was filed in response to the Court's order. Because the Government offers nothing to suggest removal is more likely now than it was months ago, Castellanos-Gorra must be released.

"[T]his Court is bound by the law," the order goes on. "And the law is clear: the Government cannot lock individuals in a cell indefinitely as a workaround for a stalled deportation process, nor can it use indefinite detention simply to placate popular opinion. The Constitution cannot be ignored just because the facts are frustrating."
 
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This thread had a small clean up for off topic. Carry on.
 
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'Nothing was filed': Trump-appointed judge orders 'convicted criminal' to be released due to Trump administration's courtroom incompetence

To avoid serious constitutional problems, the Court read an implicit limitation into the statute: the government may detain a noncitizen only for a period "reasonably necessary" to secure his removal. And to make that rule workable, the Court established a presumption. For the first six months, detention is presumptively reasonable. After that period has passed and the alien "provides good reason to believe that there is no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future," the burden shifts to the government to provide evidence sufficient to rebut that showing.

[The individual in question has been held for seven months.]

[But] The government had a very real potential opportunity to make a case that Castellanos-Gorra could, in fact, be deported.

That opportunity was apparently squandered.

... the Court ordered the Government to provide more details about those attempted removals. The Government's response? Crickets. Nothing was filed in response to the Court's order. Because the Government offers nothing to suggest removal is more likely now than it was months ago, Castellanos-Gorra must be released.

"[T]his Court is bound by the law," the order goes on. "And the law is clear: the Government cannot lock individuals in a cell indefinitely as a workaround for a stalled deportation process, nor can it use indefinite detention simply to placate popular opinion. The Constitution cannot be ignored just because the facts are frustrating."
Sounds like a proper ruling to me, but calling attorneys incompetent seems way out of line unless I missed something. The government was holding an individual who was found guilty of lewd and lascivious assault against a minor and a court had provided a deportation order. The problem is that although the U.S. may be close to a breakthrough with Cuba, right now we don't have an agreement with Cuba to allow the deportation. There is no way to know how close that agreement may be. I don't know what kind of case the attorneys are supposed to make when they can provide no date as to when he can be deported. I filed a case in federal court where a government intelligence agency had given me a date to turn over records and then changed their mind and wouldn't provide another future date. Just like in this case the judge found that unreasonable and ordered they provide the records to me. "Indefinitely" does not seem to hold up well in court. Let's hope for an agreement with Cuba.
 
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Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's lawsuit over Boston's 'Trust Act'

The Trump administration filed suit last year against Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Police Department, saying the city's policy to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials only in criminal matters violates federal law.

At the time of the lawsuit, then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took sharp aim at Boston and the mayor, calling the city and Wu "among the worst sanctuary offenders in America."

"In Massachusetts, there is simply no source of authority empowering Boston police officers to do what the United States would like them to do," Sorokin wrote in his decision.

[The state could pass a law, or Congress could pass a law, but the Trump Administration can't just tell the Boston police what to do.]
 
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Appeals court blocks removal of transgender troops, but allows restrictions on recruits

A federal appeals court on Monday concluded that the Trump administration's transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional and "appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group."

In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision blocking the Department of Defense from removing current servicemembers because of their gender dysphoria.

"At this preliminary stage, I conclude that the Hegseth Policy is both arbitrary and based upon animus, and for those reasons the Policy violates Plaintiff-Appellees' constitutional right to equal protection of the law," wrote Judge Robert Wilkins, referring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The decision only applies to the service members who sued the administration

In response to the ruling, Hegseth wrote on social media, "See you at SCOTUS."
 
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Judge Rules “8647” Is Free Speech

The reasoning was quite simple. The statute banning threatening speech applies only to “true threats” and no reasonable person could believe this flag displaying “8647” conveyed a true threat against Trump. You can read the decision HERE: (see link above)

This decision will obviously be cited when Comey moves to dismiss the ridiculous weaponized justice case against him.
 
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Sounds like a proper ruling to me, but calling attorneys incompetent seems way out of line unless I missed something. The government was holding an individual who was found guilty of lewd and lascivious assault against a minor and a court had provided a deportation order.
The deportation order was issued over 20 years ago. Since, as you said, there is no way to actually deport him to Cuba, he has been on a form of (effectively) parole ever since, per the article. The incompetence comes in because the government insisted on holding him despite knowing that they could not deport him to his country of origin, and not having made arrangements to deport him elsewhere.
 
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The government was holding an individual who was found guilty of lewd and lascivious assault against a minor...
Same as this guy?


'Amid Donald Trump’s pardons of his fellow Republicans and corrupt business figures, one child sex predator has gotten a clean slate.
Andrew Taake, who was serving time for taking part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, benefited from Trump’s broad pardons... thanks to the time he served for January 6 before Trump’s pardon, most of which was in pretrial detention, Taake accrued about three years and seven months of “credit,” for his earlier sex crimes, according to Harris County court documents. Taake was only sentenced for his crimes at the Capitol last summer, and thanks to Trump’s blanket pardon, was released from the federal ADX Florence supermax prison in January just months into his six-year term.'

He went free.
 
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Same as this guy?


'Amid Donald Trump’s pardons of his fellow Republicans and corrupt business figures, one child sex predator has gotten a clean slate.
Andrew Taake, who was serving time for taking part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, benefited from Trump’s broad pardons... thanks to the time he served for January 6 before Trump’s pardon, most of which was in pretrial detention, Taake accrued about three years and seven months of “credit,” for his earlier sex crimes, according to Harris County court documents. Taake was only sentenced for his crimes at the Capitol last summer, and thanks to Trump’s blanket pardon, was released from the federal ADX Florence supermax prison in January just months into his six-year term.'

He went free.
Yes, that's another example. It's no secret I have come out strongly against the progressives on crime, and child predators in my opinion are some the very worst of criminals. The only thing you have wrong is about Trump's pardon which was specific, not blanket. That means it only applied to crimes on J6.
 
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Yes, that's another example. It's no secret I have come out strongly against the progressives on crime, and child predators in my opinion are some the very worst of criminals. The only thing you have wrong is about Trump's pardon which was specific, not blanket. That means it only applied to crimes on J6.
He wad released purely because of the pardon. Read the article. Notwithstanding that some of the criminals pardoned have gone on to commit other crimes. Including sexual ssssult of minors.

Trump's pardons now run into the hundreds. In fact it's over 1700! So please, don't give me any bulldust on being strongly against crime.
 
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He wad released purely because of the pardon. Read the article. Notwithstanding that some of the criminals pardoned have gone on to commit other crimes. Including sexual ssssult of minors.

Trump's pardons now run into the hundreds. In fact it's over 1700! So please, don't give me any bulldust on being strongly against crime.
I don't quite understand how the math is mathing in this case. How does a pardon for J6 get him out of jail early for pedoizing? Did all the time he served for J6 just get counted against his diddling?
 
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I don't quite understand how the math is mathing in this case. How does a pardon for J6 get him out of jail early for pedoizing? Did all the time he served for J6 just get counted against his diddling?
Effectively...yes. All the time he spent being held on J6 charges were counted as time spent for his sexual conviction.
 
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Here's a past quote from the guy who cut the deal, now the Harris County D.A., from his victory speech when he won the Democratic Party primary:
"If we are not going to look at the humanity of the individuals that we are trying to put in prison, then we’re doing this wrong. We have to look at every single person who enters our criminal justice system as a human being first. We can protect our community and hold people accountable without stripping them of their basic dignity. True safety comes when we address the root causes of crime rather than just reacting to the aftermath." Sean Teare March 4, 2024
 
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So, what’s this about? (Also I are confused why you’ve quoted yourself but deleted the post you’ve quoted.)
As I correctly stated, Trump's pardon applied to J6. Of course Trump didn't cut the deal with the sex offender, it was the D.A. Technical troubles on the rest, some kind of "inserts" showing up.
 
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