The president’s temper tantrum comes less than two days after U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., whom Trump appointed during his first term, struck down his use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expel hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. The administration had argued that the law—which was last used during World War II to justify carting Japanese-Americans off to internment camps—allowed it to deport migrants without due process because the country is at war with gangs and drug cartels.

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  • opus86
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    23 hours ago

    The Country as we knew it was finished when this piece of shit threw out due process.

    • hemmes@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      It’s not that he threw it out so much as he’s chosen to ignore it, and no one has stopped him.