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.
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.
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