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Those planes were well on their way when the judge issued a verbal order.Not at all. I've stated it clearly, my issue is with the Trump administration blatantly disregarding court orders
From NBC.
“A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements” of deportees after they have left the country, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday, adding that the judge's order had no "lawful basis" because the people "had already been removed from U.S. territory."
The Justice Department made the same argument in a court filing Monday signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a separate filing, the department asked an appeals court to immediately halt the case and prevent Boasberg from presiding over it.
Boasberg had ordered the administration to immediately turn around any plane that had not yet landed — an instruction that Leavitt also said carries no weight because it was oral, rather than written.