Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order barring the government from carrying out any further Alien Enemies Act removals. I can't cover the hearing as I'm at a conference and about to appear on a panel. Check the below for coverage!

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New: The Alien Enemies Act hearing with Judge Boasberg is about to begin. I'll follow along here
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM

New: The Alien Enemies Act hearing with Judge Boasberg is about to begin. I'll follow along here

— Josh Kovensky (@joshkovensky.bsky.social) 2025-03-21T18:29:07.658Z

March 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order barring the government from carrying out any further Alien Enemies Act removals. I can't cover the hearing as I'm at a conference and about to appear on a panel. Check the below for coverage!

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-03-21T18:31:31.249Z

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New: The Alien Enemies Act hearing with Judge Boasberg is about to begin. I'll follow along here

— Josh Kovensky (@joshkovensky.bsky.social) 2025-03-21T18:29:07.658Z

Boasberg: "Why was this proclamation essentially signed in the dark?...And then have people rushed onto planes? TO me, the only reason to do that is to" rush ppl out of the country before a suit is filed

DOJ: "I don't have operational details"

— Josh Kovensky (@joshkovensky.bsky.social) 2025-03-21T18:42:57.827Z

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1. Trump administration in Judge Boasberg's court on Alien Enemies Act

Immigration
Trump administration in Judge Boasberg’s court on Alien Enemies Act
The federal judge says the government has so far provided “woefully insufficient" information about three deportation flights to El Salvador.

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March 21, 2025 at 2nnn

By Justin Jouvenal, Silvia Foster-Frau and Jeremy Roebuck
Lawyers for the Trump administration will be back in court Friday before a federal judge who has been largely stonewalled in his search for detailed information about the government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants and alleged gang members.

James E. Boasberg, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on Thursday called the information the government had provided him over the last several days “woefully insufficient.”

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Justin Jouvenal covers the Supreme Court. He previously covered policing and the courts locally and nationally. He joined The Post in 2009. follow on X@jjouvenal

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