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How the White House wriggled out of contempt of court

How the White House wriggled out of contempt of court

The Trump administration probably defied District Judge James E. Boasberg's order in March when it sent immigrants from U.S. soil to be imprisoned in El Salvador without due process. And the officials responsible will probably get away with it after a Friday appeals court ruling quashed Boasberg's contempt of court inquiry. That might be for the best, because the judiciary would have lost this interbranch battle anyway. But the risk is that the Trump administration is emboldened to defy judicial orders in the future.
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