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Damon Root

Contributor at Reason

Journalist & author. Latest book: A GLORIOUS LIBERTY: FREDERICK DOUGLASS & THE FIGHT FOR AN ANTISLAVERY CONSTITUTION.

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Damon Root
Damon Root @damonroot
11 Apr 25

Lower court ordered Trump to “facilitate and effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return while SCOTUS orders “facilitate.” But it’s clearly still a notable loss for Trump, who claimed the courts had no right to be involved at all.

The New York Times
The New York Times @nytimes

Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador. https://t.co/EvcuaNnlig

Damon Root
Damon Root @damonroot
11 Apr 25

Another loss for Trump’s most expansive claim of executive power.

SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog

NEW: The Supreme Court largely leaves in place an federal judge’s order directing the government to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia who is currently being held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador as a result of a removal the Trump administration concedes was an

Damon Root
Damon Root @damonroot
8 Apr 25

It is a partial win for Trump. But all 9 justices also agreed that all deportees under the Alien Enemies Act must be afforded due process, including “notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal.” That is a rejection of Trump’s most expansive claim of executive power.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi
Attorney General Pamela Bondi @AGPamBondi

This is a landmark victory for the rule of law. Liberal district judges thought they could control President Trump’s foreign policy. They cannot. We will continue to deport violent terrorsts, and we are going to make America safe again. https://t.co/vELMHZkNAA