Some of the most prominent legal experts in the United States, including several conservatives, have issued a fresh warning that the Trump administration is blatantly breaking the law.
The Free Press, a publication founded by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal columnist Bari Weiss, surveyed seven such experts from across the political spectrum. The verdict was unanimous.
“The consensus is striking, and perhaps surprising, given the ideological diversity of these contributors,” The Free Press wrote.
“All agreed that the President’s legal tactics reflect a dangerous willingness to ignore statutory and constitutional constraints, and that he must be reined in quickly.”
Today President Trump drove home the point by confirming his desire to deport people from the United States without due process – something his administration has already been doing, most strikingly by sending migrants to a notoriously brutal jail in El Salvador.
The American government claims these people are violent gang members, though most of them have no criminal record, and none of them were given a chance to contest the allegation before being deported. The US is paying El Salvador to hold them.
It’s unclear whether they will ever be released from El Salvador’s Cecot prison...
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