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JD Free's avatar

There's plenty of wrong to go around on this one.

The root cause is, of course, the massive negligence of Democrats over many years that allowed border issues to grow so severe and unmanageable. Law and order break down under such conditions, forcing harsh pragmatisms of the sort now occurring in El Salvador. Not that the Martha's Vineyard set experiences the problems.

We all know by this point that the Boasbergs of the world aren't remotely bipartisan in their rushes to intervene in law enforcement. That doesn't mean he's wrong in this case, though, particularly if it were to happen that some of the people on those planes don't belong on them. But credibility is damaged. As for Trump, he rightly realizes that he'll be tied up forever if he acquiesces to every bit of lawfare against him (and he's experienced enough lawfare to know), but he also needs to pick his battles.

Talking about impeachment is smart on Trump's part and stupid on John Roberts' part. Nothing will come of it because of the 2/3 vote requirement, so it's just bluster of the sort that calls attention to the two sides' positions here, which is a political winner for Trump. Roberts, meanwhile, is still doing what he's been doing since he declared the ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional and let it live anyway - politicizing the courts in the name of "protecting" them. From his position, he's the last person who should make such a comment, and he knows it.

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Mike Bond's avatar

While I appreciate the detailed timeline, there is one key error in this report. No war is required to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. It says in relevant part:

"invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as alien enemies." An invasion or predatory incursion triggers the Act.

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