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quixlady

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

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Like, to emphasize how absurd this is, we're talking about planes that (1) are visible on public flight trackers, and (2) were met by camera crews in El Salvador as part of a large-scale media operation.

This wasn't a secret military deployment, for Christ's sake.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Mar 17

!! NEW: DOJ demands that the DC Circuit immediately reassign the case from Judge Boasberg, calling his questions "flagrantly improper" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

That development escalates the stakes of the district court's inappropriate exercise of jurisdiction and the risks that the district court may force the government to disclose sensitive national security and operational security concerns or face significant penalties from the court. The Government cannot-and will not—be forced to answer sensitive questions of national security and foreign relations in a rushed posture without orderly briefing and a showing that these questions are somehow material to a live issue. Answering them, especially on the proposed timetable, is flagrantly improper and presents grave risks to the conduct of the Government in areas wholly unsuited to micromanagement supervision by a district court judge.
The district court's hasty public inquiry into these sensitive national security matters-with no contemplated protections against disclosure of operational details— underscores the urgency of immediate relief from this Court, including an immediate administrative stay that would allow
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further briefing to unfold in an orderly and appropriate manner and prevents the district court from further efforts to interfere with President Trump's core Article II authorities, including the conduct of foreign policy. This Court should also immediately reassign this case to another district court judge given the highly unusual and improper procedures—e.g. certification of a class action involving members of a designated foreign terrorist organization in less than 18 hours with no discovery and no briefing from the Government—that have been employed in the district court proceedings to date.

March 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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Chris Geidner

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DOJ goes to the D.C. Circuit, essentially saying Chief Judge Boasberg acted improperly by … asking questions about whether they followed a court order. This is wildly uncalled for and should be immediately rejected. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The district court's hasty public inquiry into these sensitive national security matters-with no contemplated protections against disclosure of operational details—underscores the urgency of immediate relief from this Court, including an immediate administrative stay that would allow
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further briefing to unfold in an orderly and appropriate manner and prevents the district court from further efforts to interfere with President Trump's core Article II authorities, including the conduct of foreign policy. This Court should also immediately reassign this case to another district court judge given the highly unusual and improper procedures—e.g. certification of a class action involving members of a designated foreign terrorist organization in less than 18 hours with no discovery and no briefing from the Government-that have been employed in the district court proceedings to date.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Drew C. Ensign
DREW C. ENSIGN
Deputy Assistant Attorney General

March 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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Anjali Dayal

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It appears as though the DC police let DOGE in against the wishes of USIP officials and then kicked those USIP officials out, a situation which is even more troubling than first reported www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...