James Boasberg: “This Court found that the subpoenas were meant to harass Powell and to pressure him to truckle to the President’s policy…”

Wouldn’t it have been a better course to return the planes around the United States as opposed to going forward and saying, ‘We don’t care, we’ll do what we want’?

The government was already hustling migrants onto planes, betraying a desire to outrun the equitable reach of the judiciary.

Perhaps the biggest question surrounding these cases is whether the Supreme Court will stand behind the judges enforcing its rulings on the ground.

If the DOJ refuses, federal law empowers me to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the defendants for contempt instead, as the interest of justice requires.