These Are Not Serious People
The party of deficit-busting is about to blow a multi-trillion dollar hole in federal revenues—and paper it over with a budgetary gimmick.
The last twelve hours have seen major developments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant wrongfully deported to prison in El Salvador earlier this year despite a judge’s order barring exactly that. Last night, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned, unopposed opinion ruling that the White House must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, saying a lower court’s order “properly requires the Government . . . to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.”
SCOTUS ordered the Maryland federal court to clarify its order compelling the administration to try to retrieve Abrego Garcia—which Judge Paula Xinis promptly did in a filing last night, ordering the government to “take all available steps” to facilitate the prisoner’s return “as soon as possible” and to report on his status by 9:30 this morning. The ball is now back in the White House’s court. Will they defy the order or merely play games with the language of it? We anxiously await. Happy Friday.
