Judge James Boasberg called it an argument.
Sitting in his Washington courtroom during the Alien Enemies Act litigation, exasperated with the Trump administration's position that the executive could identify terrorist aliens and remove them without his blessing, Boasberg reached for what he thought was a rhetorical trump card.
Congress, he observed, had already built a court for exactly this purpose.
"You can always go to the ATRC, which would be a first, but that's what it's there for, right?"
He would know.
Boasberg had served on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court from 2020 through 2025, and for that entire period he was its chief judge, presiding over a tribunal that had never once received a case.
Over the past year the administration sought to detail 600 JAG officers as temporary immigration judges.
JAG could indeed be part of a broader effort to accelerate immigration adjudications n it's entirely plausible that JAG attorneys are one component of a larger immigration enforcement strategy
A court that had no cases for 30 years! This is a must read.
yes, very much so. TY
He would know. Boasberg had served on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court from 2020 through 2025, and for that entire period he was its chief judge, presiding over a tribunal that had never once received a case.
thx
Good readup! Thanks, and thanks to Boasberg for stupidly recommending it. Kinda backfired on him!
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Over the past year the administration sought to detail 600 JAG officers as temporary immigration judges.
JAG could indeed be part of a broader effort to accelerate immigration adjudications n it's entirely plausible that JAG attorneys are one component of a larger immigration enforcement strategy