What
does
the
administration
call
people
committed
to
upholding
due
process
in
immigration
proceedings?
A
nuisance.
Trump
might
have
pledged
to
uphold
the
Constitution
when
he
was
sworn
in
a
second
time,
but
he
immediately
tried
to
cast
off
the
burden
with
multifaceted
attacks
on
the
Fourteenth
Amendment.
The
ill-prepared
arguments
against
the
birthright
clause
are
obvious,
but
he’s
also
chiseling
away
at
the
due
process
enshrined
in
the
14th.
Remember:
everyone
the
United
States
wants
to
deport
can’t
be
afforded
a
trial
according
to
him.
And
if
you
dare
to,
you
know,
uphold
the
Constitution
by
making
sure
that
people
facing
deportation
are
afforded
due
process,
your
job
could
be
on
the
line.
Daily
Free
Press
has
coverage:
The
Department
of
Justice
fired
six
immigration
judges
Friday,
including
the
Boston
judge
who
blocked
the
deportation
of
Tufts
University
student
Rümeysa
Öztürk
earlier
this
year.Roopal
Patel,
a
Biden-appointed
judge
in
the
Boston
Immigration
Court,
is
the
113th
immigration
judge
laid
off
by
the
Trump
administration
since
his
second
term,
according
to
reporting
from
the
New
York
Times.
Unlike
federal
judges
who
have
lifetime
appointments,
immigration
judges
are
appointed
by
the
Attorney
General
and
can
be
fired.
Along
with
Patel,
the
Trump
administration
fired
Judge
Nina
Froes,
who
blocked
the
deportation
of
Mohsen
Mahdawi,
an
international
student
at
Columbia
University
who
was
detained
after
participating
in
pro-Palestinian
protests.
The
unceremoniously
fired
judges
weren’t
even
given
the
kindness
of
a
vague
“transitioning
to
a
much
needed
and
important
new
job
in
the
private
sector”
post
on
Truth
Social
a
la
Pam
Bondi.
When
it
comes
to
Trump’s
judicial
legacy,
people
are
quick
to
point
out
his
record-breaking
number
of
federal
appointments.
As
they
should
—
the
influence
those
judges
will
have
on
the
matters
before
them
will
last
long
after
the
FTD
claims
him
and
FDT
hits
the
top
of
Billboard.
But
the
judicial
hostility
he’s
fostered
needs
to
be
part
of
the
discussion.
Berating
judges
on
a
public
stage
when
things
don’t
go
your
way
and
firing
triple-digit
numbers
of
judges
for
muddying
up
your
great
plans
with
due
process
are
ripe
conditions
to
chill
judges
from
doing
their
jobs.
At
least
until
they
get
replaced
with
sycophants
willing
ignore
the
law
and
do
Trump’s
bidding
if
it
means
advancing
their
careers.
DOJ
fires
judge
who
halted
deportation
of
Tufts
graduate
student
Rümeysa
Öztürk
[Daily
Free
Press]
Earlier:
Rümeysa
Öztürk
Finally
Returns
Home
After
Being
Detained
Over
6
Weeks
For
Sharing
Her
Opinions
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boat
builder
who
is
learning
to
swim
and
is
interested
in
rhetoric,
Spinozists
and
humor.
Getting
back
in
to
cycling
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at
[email protected]
and
by
Tweet/Bluesky
at @WritesForRent.