Supreme Court holds that the District Court can order the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, to a point
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I guess one thing you can say is that it could be worse:
BREAKING: SCOTUS will require the government to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia — but remands to district court to clarify its directive
[image or embed]— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) April 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As Leah Litman says, a lot will come down to the space the Court has left between “facilitate” and “effectuate”:
IMPORTANT: a majority of the court says district court can order exec to facilitate return. BUT the majority adds – it’s unclear if the court has authority to order government to “effectuate” return. The R Justices say that might exceed court’s power.
[image or embed]— Leah Litman (@leahlitman.bsky.social) April 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s hard to be confident that the Court will stand up should the administration continue to defy the District Court, but we’ll see. As the fact that even Alito and Thomas didn’t note dissents here, this is a particularly egregious set of facts.
Justice Sotomayor:
