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"Bukele refusing" is total nonsense. Trump could demand that man be returned, and he'd be in the US tomorrow. This entire performance is a charade being scripte

"Bukele refusing" is total nonsense. Trump could demand that man be returned, and he'd be in the US tomorrow. This entire performance is a charade being scripted by the White House. ETA: it is also a hard kick in the teeth of the Supreme Court, which seems to have been offering him an off-ramp. I wonder where this goes next.

recursivecaveat 2y ago
Indeed, Bukele can refuse in the same way my boss cannot literally gun-to-my-head compel me to file TPS reports. If Trump actually meant it and started bouncing cheques for the other prisoners, he would move quickly. Instead they coordinate this ratchet effect where they take combined action and then pretend to be completely ineffectual when it is found to be illegal and ordered to be undone.
- matthewdgreen 2y ago
  The biggest problem here is that about a week ago, the Court reduced the legal protections afforded to potential deportees. They can still petition the Courts for due process, but it will have to be in local courts in Texas and Lousiana, and under a new interpretation of habeas that even Justice Amy Coney Barrett took issue with. So to recap: weakened protection of law preventing you from being deported, once deported you can never come home. Excellent work by the Supreme Court. https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/judge-labeled-radical-left-lunatic-by-trump-shouldnt-be-hearing-deportation-case-supreme-court-says https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/judge-labeled-radical...
zzrrt 2y ago
> I wonder where this goes next. Well, JD Vance has been calling for Trump to defy the courts since at least 2021 and thinks the courts already started a constitutional crisis by checking the executive.[1] Maybe he missed some days in law school, or high school. Hope he can get a crash course on checks and balances soon. [1] https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-trump-executive-power-supreme-court-00203537 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-t...

recursivecaveat 2y ago

Indeed, Bukele can refuse in the same way my boss cannot literally gun-to-my-head compel me to file TPS reports. If Trump actually meant it and started bouncing cheques for the other prisoners, he would move quickly. Instead they coordinate this ratchet effect where they take combined action and then pretend to be completely ineffectual when it is found to be illegal and ordered to be undone.

matthewdgreen 2y ago
The biggest problem here is that about a week ago, the Court reduced the legal protections afforded to potential deportees. They can still petition the Courts for due process, but it will have to be in local courts in Texas and Lousiana, and under a new interpretation of habeas that even Justice Amy Coney Barrett took issue with. So to recap: weakened protection of law preventing you from being deported, once deported you can never come home. Excellent work by the Supreme Court. https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/judge-labeled-radical-left-lunatic-by-trump-shouldnt-be-hearing-deportation-case-supreme-court-says https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/judge-labeled-radical...

zzrrt 2y ago

> I wonder where this goes next. Well, JD Vance has been calling for Trump to defy the courts since at least 2021 and thinks the courts already started a constitutional crisis by checking the executive.[1] Maybe he missed some days in law school, or high school. Hope he can get a crash course on checks and balances soon. [1] https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-trump-executive-power-supreme-court-00203537 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-t...