The president of the United States Supreme Court, Conservative John Roberts, rebuked the president, Donald Trump on Tuesdayafter his attacks on the federal judge who blocked the application of a law with which the Republican leader ordered to expel more than 250 alleged members From the criminal band of Aragua to El Salvador.
The magistrate spoke hours after Trump accused Judge James Boasberg of “Lunatic of the radical left” and asked to be “dismissed.”
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that the dismissal process (Impeachment) It is not an appropriate response to the disagreement related to a judicial decision. The normal appeal review process exists for that purpose, “Roberts said in a statement.
It all started After the US President invoked the law of foreign enemies of 1798 on Saturdayonly used so far in times of war, arguing that the US was suffering an “invasion” of the Transnational Train of Aragua, although it did not present evidence.
Trump was secretly signed on Friday and this It was made public on Saturday at 4:20 p.m. local time (20:20 GMT). While Boasberg studied his legality at an audience, two flights were taken from Texas to El Salvador, according to an investigation of The Washington Post.
According to that analysis, that same day, at 7:36 p.m. local time (23:36 GMT), A third flight left Texasjust ten minutes after Boasberg ordered, verbally and in writing, that the planes returned to the US until the litigation was resolved.
Roberts’s movement, which does not usually issue this type of communications, has been interpreted by most analysts as a way to stop Trump and his in their requests to dismiss the judges that fail against him in an attempt to continue tensioning the limits of the separation of powers.
In addition to criticism of some judges, Trump’s followers have attacked the magistrate of Supreme Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed member of that court by the Republican in 2020, after This will vote with Roberts and the liberal judges against one of the administration measures To freeze funds for international help.