President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador posted a mocking tweet in reaction to a federal judge's order blocking deportation flights for alleged gangsters. The tweet indicated Bukele's disregard for U.S. judicial authority over the deportees, now imprisoned in El Salvador. The Trump administration has similarly maintained resistance to court rulings, with comments from the White House suggesting a broad assertion of power regarding foreign affairs. This ongoing defiance raises concerns over an erosion of legal norms and increasing lawlessness, emphasized by actions against political dissent and suggested disregard for judicial oversight.
Federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the president's conduct of foreign affairs, his authorities under the Alien Enemies Act, and his core Article II powers.
The Trump administration's broadly resistant attitude to court orders, its arrests of foreign students for their political activism, and its campaign of retribution and intimidation have raised alarms.
Mr. Bukele's mocking tweet made clear that he considered the deportees beyond the reach of U.S. courts, highlighting a significant diplomatic tension.
Despite a Supreme Court order to facilitate his release, Mr. Trump stated he has the power to free a deportee but won't do so.
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