Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Supreme Court Overrules Judge Boasberg

On  narrow grounds, of course, that the case should have been brought in Texas and not D.C. Still, it's a considerable win against lawfare. 5-4 With Justice Amy Coney Barrett siding with the liberals.  Yesterday morning Stephen Kruiser at PJM wrote Make the Illegal Alien Criminals Stay at Judge Boasberg's House. Ace, Chief Justice John Roberts Stays -- Puts on Hold -- Hawaiian Judge's Order That Deported MS-13-Linked Alien Be Returned to the US "In other words, he sided with Trump, who asked the Court to stay this judge's interference in the President's conduct of foreign policy. The Hawaiian judge in Maryland decided that she is president because A Liberal Woman Is Speaking Now." Then, in red italic font, Supreme Court Rules That Trump May Invoke Alien Enemies Act to Deport Foreign Gang-Members and Criminals In Repudiation of Judge Boasberg's Endless String of Restraining Orders "The Court ruled that deportations under the Alien Enemies Act have, historically, "largely been precluded from judicial review," so the judges who keep claiming they have jurisdiction are wrong and asserting power they just don't have. The court allows that there is some possible relief for a claimed false deportation, but that relief must come by way of a habeas corpus petition, not a TRO filed in a district court. The Court specifically mentions venue. In a habeas filing, the court with jurisdiction is a court with jurisdiction over the physical part of the country that the person is actually being detained in. So someone detained in Texas must file a habeas petition with a Texas court. They cannot just keeping filing TRO's in the packed-and-stacked leftwing DC courts. That's a big deal. Most cases will heard by less partisan courts." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Supreme Court Sides with Trump on Deportations, at Least for Now. The NYT whines that the Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations.  AP, Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges’ review. Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, Supreme Court Vacates Judge Boasberg’s TROs As To Tren de Aragua Under Alien Enemies Act, "Holds venue was improper in DC District Court, case needs to go to Texas, where the TdA members are being held pending removal. But confirms they do get some due process to contest whether they are gang members subject to summary removal." Insty says A MODICUM OF SANITY PREVAILS: Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court’s Block on Venezuelan Deportations. “The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants based on a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations. The decision marks a victory for the Trump administration, although the ruling is narrow and focused on the proper venue for the cases, rather than on the administration’s use of a centuries-old law to justify its decision to send planeloads of Venezuelans to El Salvador with little to no due process." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine "But I was so reliably informed that the government‘s position in this case was simply lawless. Go figure." Quote Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "BREAKING: Win for Trump at SCOTUS with Alien Enemies Act. 1/" Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "5/So what's next? Judge Boasberg still maintains jurisdiction over the issue of contempt. BUT SCOTUS' holding that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction will make a finding of contempt appear even more political than it already would." Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland "6/ Last week, Boasberg strongly signaled he was going to find probable cause existed that Trump Administration violated his order. I doubt SCOTUS' decision will shake Boasberg from that...my gut is the attacks on his daughter destroyed any judicial restraint he had." At Fox, Pam Bondi puts faith in ICE as key source in decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member, "The Attorney General pointed to a string of apprehensions of violent migrant criminals living in hiding." The Victory Girls find There’s More To The Story About Attorney Suspended By DOJ In Deportation Case.

The Rod Martin Report asserts Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Working, "From Brussels to Buenos Aires, the world races to cut tariffs and strike free trade deals with Washington." LifeZette, Trump’s Tariff Plan Already Has 50 Nations Scrambling to Negotiate. Nick Sortor@nicksortor, " JUST IN: Treasury Secretary Bessent announces up to 70 COUNTRIES have now reached out to President Trump to negotiate on trade IN LESS THAN A WEEKTrump “gave himself maximum negotiating leverage — and just when he has achieved the maximum leverage, he's willing to start talking,” Bessent said."  Mary Chastain at LI sees EU Offering Trump ‘Zero-for-Zero Tariffs for Industrial Goods’ “But we are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests. And in addition, we will also protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.” But, of course, tariffs aren't the only issue, the EU has lot of other barriers to US trade. Sundance at CTH, EU Commision Komisar Ursula von der Leyen Reacts to U.S. Tariffs and Prepares Countermeasures Against American Interests. PJM's Matt Margolis calls it HUGE: The European Union Just Caved on Trump's Tariffs. At Althouse,  "European Union floats 'zero-for-zero' tariff resolution to remove industrial fees on US goods: ‘Ready for a good deal.'" "The NY Post reports."  OTP hears Trump: Resolving Trade Deficit With China A Prerequisite For Tariff Deal. John Sexton at Hat Hair,  Trump Threatens Even Higher Tariffs on China, Rejects EU Offer. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Warns China of “Additional 50 Percent Tariff and No Negotiations” Effective April 9th. WSJ, Apple Plans to Source More iPhones From India as Potential Tariff Fix, "Levies on Chinese goods have created worst three-day rout for iPhone maker in about 25 years."  Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Lutnick Was Asked About Tariffs Against 'Penguin-Inhabited Islands.' Here's What He Had to Say. Because if they didn't list them, everybody would "ship" from Penguin Island. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson has a A Simple Question For Trump Critics - What's the Viable Alternative To Tariffs? 

Insty at his NYPo gig thinks Trump’s economic shake-up is a shock to the system— that could pay off big. Also at NYPo, Bill Ackman warns world is on brink of ‘self-induced economic nuclear winter,’ begs Trump to pause tariffs. NewsMax hears Harvard's Lawrence Summers Warns of More Turbulence Ahead. VodkaPundit at PJM wonders Did Trump Blow up Wall Street to Save It? From TNP, Trump Admin Defends Pro-Worker, Anti-Cheating Tariff Policy and Trump’s Tariffs Are About a LOT More Than Just Reducing the Trade Deficit. At OTP, Stocks Turn Positive In Sudden Reversal. Atop Da Hill, Dave Portnoy dubs stock market tumble ‘Orange Monday’ and Goldman Sachs hikes recession probability to 45 percent. Like they predicted 21 of the last 3 recessions. At LifeZette, Stephen Miller Obliterates Liberal’s Talking Point of a Recession Being Thrown Around. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Well Well Well - what have we here?" Quote We the People | Populism is Democracy@Jude_62 "Replying to @catturd2 Let's dig up the words of everyone's fave TDS victim, @RBReich whose every post is a construct in hypocrisy." NPR is looking forward to a recession, Tariffs are fueling fears of a recession. What does it take to actually declare one? Tim Burchett @timburchett, "Suddenly all the egg price experts in the media have shifted to tariffs." Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "The markets closed . The sky didn’t fall. The world didn’t stop. Maybe everyone can relax."

From Fox, Ford exec says automaker is working with Trump on tariffs, 'in a good position' for US production "80% of Ford’s vehicles are assembled in the US, as automaker offers employee pricing to customers amid tariffs." Jack Poso@JackPosobiec, "Pennsylvania steelworkers on why they are supporting President Trump: "Historically, we've all been Democrats -- When President Trump stepped in and imposed those tariffs on the Chinese, I firmly believed he saved the steel industry."" Leslie Eastman at LI sees insurrection in CA Gov. Newsom Trying an End-Run Around Trump Tariffs by Seeking Special Foreign Trade Deals for State, "Elections have consequences, and equity-in-tariffs is something Trump robustly campaigned for." Beege Welborn, GOP Senate Squishes Standing by to Snatch Trump's Tariffs LAGNIAPPE. From the Center Square, Some Republicans push back on Trump tariffs with proposed legislation, "Trump has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair comments Just exactly who you'd think it'd be, too. "HOLY SMOKES - those names are shockers. https://t.co/iZKmHxxyXH pic.twitter.com/iBRYRsQz7C — tree hugging s*ster 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) April 7, 2025 ...Grassley Moran Murkowski McConnell Tillis Young Collins." Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Trump Vows To Veto Senate Bill Targeting Tariff Authority. Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees Top Trump Official Puts CNN's Jake Tapper on the Spot, Exposes Major Tariff Misstep with a Laugh. Sundance hosts Peter Navarro -vs- CNBC.

LifeZette hears Scott Jennings Wrecks Former Hillary Spokesperson with One Question on Trump’s Popularity "“Karen, question: who’s more popular right now, Donald Trump or Congressional Democrats?” Jennings asked." Becky Noble at RedState sees Bill Maher Gives His First Impressions of Trump Dinner, and the Left Won't Like It. Matt Vespa, A Pro-Trump Boat Completely Ruined the DC Cherry Blossom Race for Hundreds of Miserable Libs.

Betsy McCaughey on a Roadmap to Reform CDC -- Currently the Centers for Disaster and Confusion. AP whines RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. The case is not clear cut. Beege Welborn reports a DNC (Pin)Head Says RFK Jr 'Murdered Another Child' Who Died From Measles.

At 1945, China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources. "Intel sources who have spoken to 19FortyFive state that they believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away." From RCP, Somebody Finally Got the Message About the Panama Canal. At NewsMax, Trump Announces Direct Iran Talks, at Meeting With Netanyahu. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair wonders Has Iran Finally Gotten the Signal?.

John Sexton reports on the Big Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk Protests Around the Country and Dave Strom hears 55% of Leftists Say Assassinations At Least 'Somewhat' Justified. Matt Van Swol@matt_vanswol, "#BREAKING: A Charlotte NC man claiming to be protesting President Trump in favor of veterans and social security... ...later admitted he was a USAID worker living in Vienna Austria who was told to come back home after USAID was shut down. You cannot make this up!!!" From Hollywood in Toto, ‘SNL’ Mocks Elon Musk, Not Democrats Torching Teslas. Ace cites the Survey: Most Self-Identifying Lefties Say Killing Trump Is Justified. "Start the geofencing and start getting warrants to raid old liberal women's homes." Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, ‘Do You Know How This Ends?’: Carville Invokes Nazis, Opens ‘Nominations’ For Trump ‘Collaborators’, "After Paris was liberated, they didn't take very kindly to the collaborators." Larry Elder at Town Hall, The Party of Hate. Dave Strom cites a Study: Liberals Claim to Value Empathy, But Have None For Conservatives.  At WokeSpy, DNC Chair Announces New “Shadow Government” to Thwart Trump’s Agenda. Atop Da Hill, Al Green says he’ll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days

At the Washington Reporter, EXCLUSIVE: State Department slams PBS News report as “deliberate leak narrative" Jeff Carlson @themarketswork "Collins to Fauci: “There needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises. I don’t see anything like that online yet—is it underway?” Within a day of Collins’s email, Google started to censor search results for “Great Barrington Declaration.” Quote Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd, "NEW – Anthony Fauci Now Claims He Doesn't Know Who Tried to Censor @DrJBhattacharya, Despite FOIAed Emails Showing the Opposite "I don't know who was trying to censor ... I just said I disagree with it ... It was never an idea of trying to censor anybody."" 

Driscoll at Insty, NOW IT CAN BE TOLD: Joe Biden Was “a Shell of Himself” by End of Term. Hunter Biden Didn’t Help. Ace, Now It Can Be Told: "Reporters" Writing About Biden's Mental Decline Now Admit That Everyone In DC Knew He Had "Lost a Step" In 2020, But For Some Reason Never Reported It Until Biden Had Retired from Politics, "Ed Morrissey referred to this as the "Now It Can Be Told" school of fake "journalism," and Now That Jake Tapper's New Grift is Peddling a Book About the Democrat Party's Cover-Up of Biden's Dementia, He's Actually Asking Democrats About Their Lies, "Jake Tapper lied too, of course --as did the entire leftwing media." A Larry video at Hat Hair, CNN's Jake Tapper Roasted and Exposed As Liberal Hack! At Roll Call, The Democratic Party owns Joe Biden’s policy fails, "Rather than rethinking their policies, Democrats have returned to a familiar playbook." Da Caller hears Adam Schiff Says Harris Lost Race Due To Being ‘Status Quo’ Candidate: ‘Could Not Run Away’. At Da Fetched, Tim Walz Admits Democrats Dropped the Ball: “Didn’t Pass Things That Improved Lives”. Bonchie at RedState says This Tim Walz Thing Is Starting to Get Weird. "Walz is like the dude who shows up to the party, drinks way too much, and then refuses to leave at the end of the night." Chase Jennings at RedState thinks Obama Sounds Both Jealous and Regretful at What Trump Is Accomplishing. The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo reports Democrats refuse Barack Obama’s election meddling — as former prez’s influence within the desperate party withers. RVM claims Clooney Explodes After MSNBC Connects Dots Between Him and Obama.

VodkaPundit at PJM is shocked, shocked! They Cleared HOW MANY Fake Voters Off the Rolls? "Five million is a lot of almost anything. Five million zombies could probably kick off the apocalypse. Five million rounds of ammunition would help me sleep better at night, particularly if we get those zombies."

Da Signal, Conservative Group Aims to Countersue After SPLC Dragged It Through 9 Years, Demanded $200B in ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’.

Deported News claims Border Czar Homan says Illegal migrant releases in U.S. since Trump inauguration down 99.9995%! Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd, "DOGE’s Antonio Gracias Says Massive Numbers of Illegal Migrants Who Received SSN’s Are on Taxpayer Funded Benefits “Every benefit program we looked at was being accessed by these people. 1.3 million of them are on Medicaid right now, today. And by the way, it's just ramping. It's just starting … They found hard hits in the target center of very bad people, criminals and people on terrorist watch lists, that are in this group.” Full Episode: @theallinpod." From WokeSpy, Immigrants Argue That 2,100,000 Non-Citizens Getting Social Security Numbers Is Major Concern. OTP, Budget Airline Avelo To Fly Domestic, International Deportation Flights For ICE. Tom Knighton at TownHall says No One Cares About '60 Minutes' Report on Illegal Immigrants, "Sure, it was once the gold standard of journalism, but now it's better known for its hyperpartisanship."

Capt. Ed, Hammering Academia: 'Hundreds' of Student Visas Revoked At Radical U Campuses. From Da Wire, University Apologizes For Inaction After Student’s Antisemitic Abuser Pleads Guilty, "“I encourage all Jewish and Israeli students to fight for their safety and their rights, no matter what obstacles are put in their way.”"

Rick Moran at PJM reports New York State Will Defy Trump's DEI Order for K-12 Schools. Campus Reform looks at California’s reckless defiance of Title IX "In California, community colleges are pretending Trump's new rules banning men in women's sports don’t apply to them." Fine. Threaten to cut their federal funding, that weapon has been used for a long time by Democrats. At Ace's, "Womens'" Pool Finals Features Two Dudes Playing Each Other For Title of Best "Woman" Player in the World. "F*ck you." Task and Purpose reports Pregnant pilots and aircrew grounded for first trimester under new Air Force flying rules, "The Air Force also ruled out ejection seat-equipped aircraft for pregnant pilots but extended their flying window in other planes." Center Square Texas notes the Texas Senate passes bill to prohibit sex changes on birth certificates, "Bill would protect women’s sports from attempts to circumvent state law." Professor Ornery Dragon, Celebrating Women… or Not.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Almost Perfect Week up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain on time and under budget.

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