NYT: Trump Administration Continues to Defy Judge’s Orders in Abrego Garcia Case, Lawyers Say
In refusing to reveal much of anything about the administration’s efforts, department lawyers insisted the information constituted state secrets that needed to be protected.
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The White House’s repeated resistance to court orders – not only in Mr. Abrego Garcia’s case, but in other legal proceedings as well – has edged the administration ever closer to an open showdown with the judicial branch in a way that could threaten the constitutional balance of power.
Three courts — including the Supreme Court and the federal appeals court that sits over Judge Xinis — have directly told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. They have instructed the administration to devise a way of handling his case as it should have been handled if the government had not erroneously flown him to El Salvador on March 15 in violation of an earlier court order.
Last Updated: 22.Apr.2025 22:14 EDT
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