James Boasberg: “The government was already hustling migrants onto planes, betraying a desire to outrun the equitable reach of the…”

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’?

Judges should not work from a desired outcome in assessing the law and facts.

The Trump administration’s willful and knowing actions here constitute probable cause for a finding of contempt.

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