No. of Recommendations: 4
The administration said in their arguments that they think the plaintiffs are wrong, and that if the court rules in favor of the defendants they intend to appeal and request an immediate stay from higher courts.
I don't even play a lawyer on TV, but, seems that SCOTUS held, months ago, that the people who were deported have a right to legal due process. With that question settled, the case went back to circuit court. The circuit court then ordered the DOJ to submit a plan to grant due process to the prisoners. DOJ is dressing up their answer in legalese, but their answer is "no".
And this is a game they've played before
Yes, it is. Straight out of the Trump playbook, going back long before he was POTUS: Make one claim. Run it all the way to SCOTUS, losing at every step. Then make another claim. Run that one all the way up to SCOTUS, losing at every step. Then make another claim. Wash, rinse, repeat. In this case, they ran the issue of whether the prisoners had a due process right all the way up, and lost. Now, they intend to run the issue of submitting the plan to implement due process all the way up. When they lose that one, they will raise another issue, and run that all the way up. Meanwhile, the people who were deported sit in prison, without any due process, year, after year, after year. Trump kept a Congressional subpoena for one of his aids hung up like this, for years. Someone once said "justice delayed is justice denied". Trump's tactics are intended to deny justice via infinite delay.
Now, circle back to Trump seizure of ballots and voting machines. Slow walk the investigations, while preventing the Dems who won in those districts taking their seats in Congress. Every suit filed gets the Trump treatment: hung up in litigation, for years. Trump the God ends up with an overwhelmingly MAGA Congress, because the Dems are prevented taking their seats.
Steve
