Homelander

You mean the “booming economy” where wages stagnate, wealth gaps explode, and corporations pay less in taxes than school teachers? That strategy? Yeah, we’ve seen that movie - spoiler: it ends in a recession and a bailout.

Just a quick reminder: under recent Democratic leadership, we’ve seen record-low unemployment, historic job growth, a shrinking deficit, and a booming stock market. But sure, tell me more about how “deregulation” is the key to utopia.

Don't worry, nothing to see here. President Musk will fire these people first thing tomorrow.

So sad. Father sounds like something B-Man would say.

Is making excuses your hobby, or are you just really committed to getting publicly outclassed while defending the indefensible?

And then you proceed to share garbage from who, exactly? Just post the actual brief - if you’re so confident, let the facts speak for themselves. 24A949 Noem v. Abrego Garcia (04/10/2025) Cite as: 604 U. S. ____ (2025) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 24A949 _________________ KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, ET AL. ON APPLICATION TO VACATE INJUNCTION ENTERED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND [April 10, 2025] On March 15, 2025, the United States removed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Sal vador, where he is currently detained in the Center for Ter rorism Confinement (CECOT). The United States acknowl edges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal. The United States represents that the removal to El Salvador was the result of an “administrative error.” The United States al leges, however, that Abrego Garcia has been found to be a member of the gang MS–13, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and that his return to the United States would pose a threat to the public. Abrego Garcia responds that he is not a member of MS–13, and that he has lived safely in the United States with his family for a decade and has never been charged with a crime. On Friday, April 4, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered an order directing the Gov ernment to “facilitate and effectuate the return of [Abrego Garcia] to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7.” On the morning of April 7, the United States filed this application to vacate the District Court’s order. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay 2 NOEM v. ABREGO GARCIA Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is granted in part and denied in part, subject to the direction of this order. Due to the adminis trative stay issued by THE CHIEF JUSTICE, the deadline im posed by the District Court has now passed. To that extent, the Government’s emergency application is effectively granted in part and the deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective. The rest of the District Court’s order remains in effect but requires clarification on remand. The order properly requires the Government to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador. The intended scope of the term “effectuate” in the District Court’s order is, however, unclear, and may exceed the District Court’s authority. The District Court should clarify its directive, with due regard for the deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs. For its part, the Government should be prepared to share what it can con cerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, respecting the Court’s disposition of the application. The United States Government arrested Kilmar Ar mando Abrego Garcia in Maryland and flew him to a “ter rorism confinement center” in El Salvador, where he has been detained for 26 days and counting. To this day, the Government has cited no basis in law for Abrego Garcia’s warrantless arrest, his removal to El Salvador, or his con finement in a Salvadoran prison. Nor could it. The Gov ernment remains bound by an Immigration Judge’s 2019 order expressly prohibiting Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Cite as: 604 U. S. ____ (2025) Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. 3 Salvador because he faced a “clear probability of future per secution” there and “demonstrated that [El Salvador’s] au thorities were and would be unable or unwilling to protect him.” App. to Application To Vacate Injunction 13a. The Government has not challenged the validity of that order. Instead of hastening to correct its egregious error, the Government dismissed it as an “oversight.” Decl. of R. Cerna in No. 25–cv–951 (D Md., Mar. 31, 2025), ECF Doc. 11–3, p. 3. The Government now requests an order from this Court permitting it to leave Abrego Garcia, a husband and father without a criminal record, in a Salvadoran prison for no reason recognized by the law. The only argu ment the Government offers in support of its request, that United States courts cannot grant relief once a deportee crosses the border, is plainly wrong. See Rumsfeld v. Pa dilla, 542 U. S. 426, 447, n. 16 (2004); cf. Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U. S. 723, 732 (2008). The Government’s argu ment, moreover, implies that it could deport and incarcer ate any person, including U. S. citizens, without legal con sequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene. See Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S. ___, ___ (2025) (SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting) (slip op., at 8). That view re futes itself. Because every factor governing requests for equitable re lief manifestly weighs against the Government, Nken v. Holder, 556 U. S. 418, 426 (2009), I would have declined to intervene in this litigation and denied the application in full. Nevertheless, I agree with the Court’s order that the proper remedy is to provide Abrego Garcia with all the pro cess to which he would have been entitled had he not been unlawfully removed to El Salvador. That means the Gov ernment must comply with its obligation to provide Abrego Garcia with “due process of law,” including notice and an opportunity to be heard, in any future proceedings. Reno v. Flores, 507 U. S. 292, 306 (1993). It must also comply with 4 NOEM v. ABREGO GARCIA Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. its obligations under the Convention Against Torture. See Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100–20, 1465 U. N. T. S. 113. Federal law governing detention and removal of immigrants continues, of course, to be binding as well. See 8 U. S. C. §1226(a) (re quiring a warrant before a noncitizen “may be arrested and detained pending a decision” on removal); 8 CFR §287.8(c)(2)(ii) (2024) (requiring same); see also 8 CFR §241.4(l) (in order to revoke conditional release, the Gov ernment must provide adequate notice and “promptly” ar range an “initial informal interview . . . to afford the alien an opportunity to respond to the reasons for the revocation stated in the notification”). Moreover, it has been the Gov ernment’s own well-established policy to “facilitate [an] al ien’s return to the United States if . . . the alien’s presence is necessary for continued administrative removal proceed ings” in cases where a noncitizen has been removed pending immigration proceedings. See U. S. Immigration and Cus toms Enforcement, Directive 11061.1, Facilitating the Re turn to the United States of Certain Lawfully Removed Al iens, §2 (Feb. 24, 2012). In the proceedings on remand, the District Court should continue to ensure that the Government lives up to its obli gations to follow the law.

Oof - this aged well.

Putin couldn’t be more proud. Why invade when your enemies sabotage themselves for free?

Biden should have proceeded with student loan forgiveness and watched Fox News explode. It's beyond obvious this regime is not planning to leave. Ever.

Is anyone surprised that the weakest president in US history couldn't end the war before Day One?

Simpletons. Loud and wrong is still wrong. If it’s a “partnership,” then you own what happens. Handing people off to rot and pretending you're innocent is pure cowardice.

It's only a matter of time before they come for you.

"To anger an honest person, lie to them. To anger a narcissist, tell them the truth."

It’s interesting how so many of Trump’s moves seem to end up helping the wealthy or powerful more than the average person.

Oh wow, congrats on finding both your balls and a soapbox. Too bad neither came with a shred of self-awareness.