There are 4 things to know about Judge Boasberg, he battles Trump for deportation flights
The case against deportations of alleged gang members: Donald Trump’s comments on the case of a federal district court judge for a gang deportation case
For the past two years, he has served as the chief judge of the federal district court, a post that has spanned two federal investigations into Donald Trump.
But his role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge and his work. Boasberg has demanded answers from the Justice Department about whether it followed his orders, and if not, why.
The planes carrying Venezuela migrants were sent by the Trump administration over the weekend despite the judge’s order to stop the deportations. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 allows the president to take action against people who are in a foreign country and who the US is at war with. Mr. Trump said that the migrants were members of a gang from Venezuela and that he wanted them deported for being part of a group that was fighting against the US.
President Trump said Tuesday on social media that the impeaching of Boasberg should be done for being a check on executive branch authority. Legal experts said that’s part of a broader campaign by the White House and its allies to intimidate members of the federal judiciary that have blocked some of Trump’s efforts to dismantle the federal government.
But threats of impeachment “contribute to a toxic environment that increases the difficulty of an already difficult job,” said Fogel, who now leads the Berkeley Judicial Institute.
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
A tribute to Boasberg: from a basketball court to Washington, D.C. prosecutors and the supreme court in the case of a homicide
Boasberg’s playing days are over after a knee replacement several years ago. Ron said the judge was pretty good on the basketball court.
He stayed in the Washington office of the U.S.attorney’s office for over five years. Glenn Kirschner said that “Boasberg never lost a homicide case” despite taking some of the most difficult assignments in the office.
A ruling was issued by the judge that required the former vice president to testify to a grand jury in the investigation of the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
He’s also made trips to his alma mater, Yale, for speaking engagements with fellow judge, Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, stressing their shared commitment to the rule of law.
“We socialize with each other, and we genuinely respect each other,” Friedrich said. You can become better people by listening to someone else’s side.