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Trump Is Defying the Supreme CourtBetween the path of outright defiance of the Supreme Court and following its order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), the Trump administration has chosen a third way: pretending it is complying while refusing to do so.During an on-camera Oval Office meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, whom the Trump administration has paid to imprison immigrants deported from the United States it claims without evidence are gang members, President Donald Trump deferred to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said the decision was Bukele’s.“That’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us,” Bondi told reporters. “That’s not up to us. If they want to return him, we would facilitate it, meaning provide a plane.” Bukele, for his part, called Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” saying to a reporter…

What Recourse Does the Supreme Court Actually Have?Since early February, when Vice President J. D. Vance posted on X that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” the United States has been inching nearer and nearer to the moment when the White House directly defies an order of the court. So far, that moment doesn’t appear to have arrived—in part because the Trump administration can’t quite commit to its own authoritarian posturing. But new developments in two court cases, both concerning Donald Trump’s blatantly illegal rendering of detainees to a Salvadoran megaprison, may soon push the constitutional system into an unambiguous crisis. As the administration talks itself into refusing to comply with judicial orders, federal judges are moving closer to deploying the most powerful tool they have: contempt of court. Even that tool might not be powerful enough.In retrospect, it makes perfect sense that Trump’s most aggressive attack…

A Federal Court Just Blocked Key Parts of Trump’s Anti-Voting Executive OrderA federal judge on Thursday blocked key parts of a sweeping anti-voting executive order issued by President Donald Trump in March. Voting rights advocates described the order as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort that would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, found that Trump lacked the power to unilaterally change election rules. “Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections,” she wrote. For that reason, she blocked the centerpiece of Trump’s executive order—a requirement that voters show documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Trump ordered the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an independent agency created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, to mandate that information…

Trump admin. tells court it did not have warrant to arrest Columbia studentThe Trump administration has admitted in court that it did not have a warrant when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil. …[TheTopNews] Read More.UPI – United States | United States NewsFri, April 25, 202517 hours ago

Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities appears in federal court and …Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities appears in federal court and is released. Source: LacrosseTribune.com …[TheTopNews] Read More.WISCONSIN REPORT – People, Places, Politics Since 2002Fri, April 25, 202513 hours ago

CNN Crime Reporter Says FBI Arrest of Judge ‘Not Unprecedented’ and Will Be Decided in Court:  CNN crime and justice correspondent Katelyn Polantz argued on Friday that the federal government has “a case” against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan. Polantz also said the arrest of the jurist was not without precedent and would likely be decided in court. Dugan, 65, was arrested Friday by the FBI on charges of obstructing a federal agency and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. The charges stem from an incident at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 involving an illegal immigrant who was facing her in court. According to a 13-page federal complaint, Dugan allegedly helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national, avoid arrest by federal immigration agents after he appeared in her courtroom for a pretrial conference. Flores-Ruiz is facing three misdemeanor battery charges. The charges against Dugan could carry a maximum sentence of…