The Judiciary Doesn’t Have the Power to Intervene: Baker on the Trump Admin Response to Court Deportation Orders

RUSH TRANSCRIPT WITT That ░░░░░░░░ so in the court ░░░░░░░░ Peter judge James boasberg ░░░░░░░░ he will get to ░░░░░░░░ bottom of whether the ░░░░░░░░ violated his court order ░░░░░░░░ Saturday He is demanding ░░░░░░░░ official timeline of when ░░░░░░░░ flights left the u ░░░░░░░░ compared to when his ░░░░░░░░ came down What s ░░░░░░░░ latest on this What ░░░░░░░░ the battle stand right ░░░░░░░░ BAKER Well he has ░░░░░░░░ fact shown some deference ░░░░░░░░ the government by allowing ░░░░░░░░ to come back again ░░░░░░░░ again saying okay I ░░░░░░░░ don t think you ░░░░░░░░ answered my question You ░░░░░░░░ have until and he ░░░░░░░░ now set another deadline ░░░░░░░░ next week At some ░░░░░░░░ we ll wonder whether ░░░░░░░░ not he decides that ░░░░░░░░ insufficient answers answers he ░░░░░░░░ to be insufficient are ░░░░░░░░ for some sort of ░░░░░░░░ As a result holding ░░░░░░░░ government or holding individual ░░░░░░░░ in contempt of court ░░░░░░░░ has tried to avoid ░░░░░░░░ kind of confrontation so ░░░░░░░░ even as he s ░░░░░░░░ and making clear that ░░░░░░░░ s not going to ░░░░░░░░ up on his demands ░░░░░░░░ information so that he ░░░░░░░░ judge the validity of ░░░░░░░░ happened Now he s ░░░░░░░░ saying that the president ░░░░░░░░ t have the power ░░░░░░░░ do this He s ░░░░░░░░ to say there s ░░░░░░░░ process for making sure ░░░░░░░░ the president has the ░░░░░░░░ to do this And ░░░░░░░░ can t simply send ░░░░░░░░ people overseas without a ░░░░░░░░ If I ve decided ░░░░░░░░ you can t and ░░░░░░░░ s an important test ░░░░░░░░ with this balance of ░░░░░░░░ between the executive and ░░░░░░░░ judiciary you hear the ░░░░░░░░ people say basically that ░░░░░░░░ judiciary doesn t have ░░░░░░░░ power to intervene here ░░░░░░░░ re asserting you know ░░░░░░░░ dominance here that we ░░░░░░░░ not seen in the ░░░░░░░░ And it s really ░░░░░░░░ to be interesting to ░░░░░░░░ how the courts handle ░░░░░░░░ If in fact the ░░░░░░░░ continues to seemingly defy ░░░░░░░░ will of the judge.”