District and Federal Judges still defying U.S. Supreme Court

Judge Blocks South Sudan Deportations Despite SCOTUS Ruling

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from deporting eight foreign nationals to South Sudan, just days after the Supreme Court sided with the administration in a related deportation case.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay on the morning of July 4, barring the Department of Homeland Security from “moving, transferring, or removing” the eight men while the court considers a new constitutional challenge to their removal.

This marks the third time the removal efforts have been delayed by lower court intervention after the Supreme Court has twice said the removals can take place.

The case comes just over a week after the Supreme Court lifted an injunction issued by Massachusetts-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, an appointee of former President Joe Biden who previously blocked the administration from conducting swift deportations to South Sudan.

Murphy subsequently issued an order saying his halt on deportations for the eight migrants still stands even after the high court lifted his broader decision.

Then, on Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a clarifying order that once again told Murphy that the administration could begin its plans to send the criminal migrants to South Sudan.

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Nothing much can be done about judges who defy a Supreme Court ruling unless Congress takes it up. They will continue on with a slap on the wrist and a little mention here and there of their defiance. It's legal tyranny.