Well, grab your popcorn because the Trump vs. Boasberg saga just hit a new season — and this one has it all: judicial indignation, deportation drama, and a federal judge threatening to throw the executive branch in time-out.
That’s right, Judge James Boasberg — the same man who’s made a hobby out of sticking his gavel into immigration enforcement — now says there’s “probable cause” to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for not immediately reversing deportation flights after he ordered a temporary pause. Because in Washington these days, court rulings are apparently sacred scripture… unless, of course, they involve sanctuary cities or Second Amendment rights.
Let’s not pretend this is about law and order. This is political theater dressed in judicial robes. The administration deported a few hundred migrants — some of whom are actual criminals and potential national security risks — and instead of a thank-you card from the American people, they get scolded like naughty schoolchildren by a federal judge who seems more offended by missed paperwork than by the real consequences of letting known threats roam the streets of the United States.
Boasberg’s court order claimed that the administration “willfully disregarded” his March 15 emergency ruling that invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a 226-year-old statute dusted off for the occasion like it’s a long-lost family heirloom. He demanded those flights be “immediately” returned to U.S. soil. And when the administration didn’t reverse-engineer time travel to haul 261 migrants back mid-flight, he flipped the switch to full-blown contempt proceedings.
Let’s pause for a moment. This is the same judiciary that often complains about executive overreach… now insisting the executive branch halt its own core national security functions on the judge’s timeline. Are we really supposed to believe that in the game of protecting American citizens, the scoreboard should favor bureaucratic process over results?
Here’s the irony that’ll really toast your brain: if the Department of Justice won’t prosecute the administration — which, to be clear, would be like suing yourself — the court is threatening to appoint its own special prosecutor. You can’t make this stuff up. Imagine trying to get rid of termites in your house, only to be told the “real crime” is that you didn’t file the right form before calling the exterminator.
What’s even more galling is that Boasberg isn’t just wagging his finger — he’s demanding names. He wants to know who in the administration made the call not to recall the planes. Never mind the fact that this administration, unlike its predecessors, actually prioritizes protecting Americans first and interpreting lawfare second. While Boasberg is busy crafting 48-page lectures about due process for illegal migrants, the Trump team is trying to keep cartels, traffickers, and violent offenders out of your neighborhood.
👀 Boasberg says if administration won’t prosecute potential contempt, he’ll appoint a prosecutor who will. Boasberg said he’s skeptical of the administration’s invocation of state secrets privilege to deny him information. https://t.co/JEbMZ5HDOC pic.twitter.com/fW3lwo2evu
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 16, 2025
And let’s not forget the cherry on top: the Trump administration responded by saying they’d “seek immediate appellate relief” and reaffirmed their commitment to keeping “terrorists and criminal illegal migrants” away from our communities. Imagine that — a president doing exactly what he said he’d do. No wonder the D.C. elite are foaming at the mouth.
So now, we’re left with a federal judge treating border enforcement like a courtroom drama and threatening contempt charges because flights weren’t turned around fast enough for his liking. Meanwhile, the rest of us — the taxpayers, the families, the citizens — are left wondering when the court will show even half the urgency toward holding actual criminals accountable as they do toward hamstringing a president trying to do his job.
This isn’t about justice. It’s about control. And if you think it stops at deportation flights, you haven’t been paying attention.
