Last week, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned opinion requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Maryland man whom immigration officials deported to a Salvadoran megaprison 32 days ago. But the justices pointedly stopped short of requiring the administration to “effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return, in light of the “deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.” They did so despite the fact that lawyers for the government have conceded that it had no legal basis to deport Abrego Garcia; in court, they have characterized his disappearance as an “administrative error,” as if shipping a man who has not been accused of a crime to an overseas gulag is the equivalent of neglecting to attach an itemized receipt to an expense report.

  • metaldream@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Be careful what you wish for. No matter how he goes, they’ll blame his death on “the left” and martyr him. It could actually make things much worse.

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      1 day ago

      Disagree. I would rather have a dead martyr, than a live Traitor. At least the dead martyr can’t directly cause any damage.

      Besides, MAGA is a cult of personality. They will never give their full loyalty to anyone else. Once HitlerPig assumes room temperature, it is the beginning of the end for MAGA. Their peak influence will be behind them, and they will lose at least 50% of their power instantly, and then steadily slide into obscurity.