DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. UPDATE: She has ordered daily status reports and a hearing on Tuesday.
One week ago, "we" were told by The Legal Commentariat that, no, we were not at that time in a constitutional crisis. When the Trump Administration defied a court order and the time for that order had passed, THEN America would be in a constitutional crisis.
Trump and his cronies really don't want Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be returned to the United States (if, in fact, he is even still alive) because his return and the publicity surrounding it will reveal the abject cruelty of Trump's actions and the jaw-dropping casualness of his disregard for the rule of law and for the basic rights of human beings.
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since the Supreme Court helped create this monster during his many trials but the crowning glory was their immunity ruling. That was the official start of our Constitutional crisis.
I wonder about your opinion on the new State Department order for employees to report “anti-Christian” behavior? Seems to me like the Red Scare’s facade of locating Commies but actually acting against homosexuals and Jews.
Are you fucking serious?? They do nothing BUT anti-Christian shit, day in and day out!! Do they not consider being pathological liars as anti-Christian??? Fucking hell!! Or handcuffing children, and withdrawing lifesaving aid around the world, and bombing the shit out of Gaza and being Russian traitors or going after people for TELLING THE FUCKING TRUTH AS ANTI-Christian??? What the actual fucking fuck do they mean by anti-Christian?? Did they flunk out of Sunday school??? I am so incredibly exhausted by their vile hypocrisy, their vile hate and racism. They will end up homeless and destitute, but by god they sure did own the libs!!! And, wasn’t that a glorious day, or half day, or couple of hours, however long it lasted…..
At what point will the courts finally take a stand (despite the Zealot SC Justices) and start holding these "'officers' of the court" in contempt??? It is so frustrating . . .😡
It’s becoming clear to me that the DoJ will do almost anything (even to the extent of allowing one of its lawyers to be committed for contempt) to avoid having to disclose any details about how and where this man is being held let alone bring him home. They are desperate to avoid setting a precedent upon which subsequent claimants can rely.
Just please, prove we still have actual justice in this nation and start locking members of his pathetic law breaking, nose thumbing administration up for laughing in the face of justice and judges in our nation.
He is either dead or seriously ill. If he is ill, or on a hunger strike, they must hope to get him healthy before releasing him. If he is dead they must hope to avoid culpability. There are no other reasons to stonewall the Supreme Court. And if worldwide rumors started ovver the Princess of Wales’s health, why isn’t there an uproar over Abrego Garcia’s?
This is absolutely bananas, not just morally, but legally. The DOJ’s posture here isn’t just noncompliance; it’s contempt masquerading as executive discretion. Judge Paula Xinis didn’t ask for a magic spell or the nuclear codes. She asked where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was and what had been done, basic factual questions central to the administration of justice. The response? IDK: "Defendants are not in a position where they 'can' share any information requested by the Court.” That’s not a legal argument. That’s a tantrum with letterhead.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about “foreign affairs” or diplomatic complexity. It’s about a federal agency refusing to comply with a district court and the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s constitutional crisis territory, not bureaucratic foot-dragging.
Xinis invoked Nourison Rug Corp. v. Parvizian for a reason; deadlines in court orders aren’t optional. If the DOJ thinks it can ignore Article III authority based on some hand-wavy executive power invocation, we no longer operate within rule-of-law norms. We are now squarely in the land of executive impunity.
This is dangerous. The Trump administration illegally deported a man and is now refusing court-ordered accountability. That’s not immigration policy; it’s authoritarian muscle-flexing.
I’d love to see a motion for contempt filed on Monday. Let's see if Judge Xinis brings the hammer.
One week ago, "we" were told by The Legal Commentariat that, no, we were not at that time in a constitutional crisis. When the Trump Administration defied a court order and the time for that order had passed, THEN America would be in a constitutional crisis.
So... now?! Sounds like.
Trump and his cronies really don't want Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be returned to the United States (if, in fact, he is even still alive) because his return and the publicity surrounding it will reveal the abject cruelty of Trump's actions and the jaw-dropping casualness of his disregard for the rule of law and for the basic rights of human beings.
Hope against hope for this young man and his family.
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since the Supreme Court helped create this monster during his many trials but the crowning glory was their immunity ruling. That was the official start of our Constitutional crisis.
With all this delaying, denying, and defending.... Garcia's dead, isn't he.
I pray for their sake he isn’t. There will be Hell to pay.
Or hooked up to life support?
Those guys just don’t know when to throw in the towel, do they? Time to start throwing them in the cooler, all the way up to their boss’s boss’s boss.
I wonder about your opinion on the new State Department order for employees to report “anti-Christian” behavior? Seems to me like the Red Scare’s facade of locating Commies but actually acting against homosexuals and Jews.
Are you fucking serious?? They do nothing BUT anti-Christian shit, day in and day out!! Do they not consider being pathological liars as anti-Christian??? Fucking hell!! Or handcuffing children, and withdrawing lifesaving aid around the world, and bombing the shit out of Gaza and being Russian traitors or going after people for TELLING THE FUCKING TRUTH AS ANTI-Christian??? What the actual fucking fuck do they mean by anti-Christian?? Did they flunk out of Sunday school??? I am so incredibly exhausted by their vile hypocrisy, their vile hate and racism. They will end up homeless and destitute, but by god they sure did own the libs!!! And, wasn’t that a glorious day, or half day, or couple of hours, however long it lasted…..
White Evangelicals—they believe in White; Evangelical, not so much.
Wait what‽‽‽
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535
So … no protection for whistleblowers, but let’s protect the Christian’s. I’m a Christian and I’m gobsmacked!
But are you the “right” Christian? Care to guess how many Venezuelans are Christians?
JFC
Joe McCarthy, call your office
However, after a brief reign of terror, McCarthy turned into Just Somebody That I Used to Know.
And drank himself to an early death.
Better yet, call Roy Cohn …
I just pray he is alive🙏🏻 A notorious “gulag” and I am concerned for all the men they sent there with absolutely no due process. 💔
Or he has been murdered by gang members he fled El Salvador to escape from and they are putting off admitting it. *sigh*
He fled El Salvador to escape the very gang that constitutes most of the inmate in the prison where the Trump cabal sent him. He is in mortal danger.
Or the Trump Admin has cozied up enough to Bukele Ortez that he will make sure that Abrego Garcia will be disappeared.
Isn’t Bukele scheduled to visit the WH next week?
Completely in character...play dumb AND obstructionist, more delays, fuck with court orders.
Man, sure am glad the Supremes put their foot down!
/sarc
At what point will the courts finally take a stand (despite the Zealot SC Justices) and start holding these "'officers' of the court" in contempt??? It is so frustrating . . .😡
I hope Judge Xinis has a plan with big teeth in it for when they all start making excuses at the hearing why they can’t do anything.
It’s becoming clear to me that the DoJ will do almost anything (even to the extent of allowing one of its lawyers to be committed for contempt) to avoid having to disclose any details about how and where this man is being held let alone bring him home. They are desperate to avoid setting a precedent upon which subsequent claimants can rely.
Just please, prove we still have actual justice in this nation and start locking members of his pathetic law breaking, nose thumbing administration up for laughing in the face of justice and judges in our nation.
He is either dead or seriously ill. If he is ill, or on a hunger strike, they must hope to get him healthy before releasing him. If he is dead they must hope to avoid culpability. There are no other reasons to stonewall the Supreme Court. And if worldwide rumors started ovver the Princess of Wales’s health, why isn’t there an uproar over Abrego Garcia’s?
This is absolutely bananas, not just morally, but legally. The DOJ’s posture here isn’t just noncompliance; it’s contempt masquerading as executive discretion. Judge Paula Xinis didn’t ask for a magic spell or the nuclear codes. She asked where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was and what had been done, basic factual questions central to the administration of justice. The response? IDK: "Defendants are not in a position where they 'can' share any information requested by the Court.” That’s not a legal argument. That’s a tantrum with letterhead.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about “foreign affairs” or diplomatic complexity. It’s about a federal agency refusing to comply with a district court and the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s constitutional crisis territory, not bureaucratic foot-dragging.
Xinis invoked Nourison Rug Corp. v. Parvizian for a reason; deadlines in court orders aren’t optional. If the DOJ thinks it can ignore Article III authority based on some hand-wavy executive power invocation, we no longer operate within rule-of-law norms. We are now squarely in the land of executive impunity.
This is dangerous. The Trump administration illegally deported a man and is now refusing court-ordered accountability. That’s not immigration policy; it’s authoritarian muscle-flexing.
I’d love to see a motion for contempt filed on Monday. Let's see if Judge Xinis brings the hammer.