The DOJ claims that Boasberg’s verbal directives to return the flight were flawed and that his subsequent written order lacked the justification required for it to be enforceable.
Boasberg criticized the Trump administration for carrying out a “hurried removal operation” on March 15 and 16 just hours after he directed the men to return to the United States and blocked the deportations.
“As this Opinion will detail, the Court ultimately determines that the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order,” he stated.
“Ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” was something Boasberg said he gave the Trump administration, but “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
Judge Boasberg came to the conclusion that even though the Supreme Court eventually revoked his court order.
The Trump administration continued to disregard it for the three weeks that it was in force, notwithstanding the order’s “legal defect.”
