Presumption of regularity with the DOJ is collapsing and an inquisitorial system doesn't scale.<p>The government has consistently failed to provide any evidence of its assertions in this case. And fired one of its lawyers in this case, and his manager, for telling the court the truth.<p>I expect the DOJ intends to disobey the lower court until the end. And will eventually claim Garcia has died in order to render the case moot.<p>If the government can't be compelled to produce Garcia on U.S. soil while alive, why trust whatever evidence it provides that he has died?<p>The government admits to an aggregiously derelict mistake in this case, itself ignoring the order of a lower court. And now claim they can't or won't ask the autocracy they're paying to run prisons abroad for basic information on the whereabouts of a prisoner the government transferred there.
I think this meets the definition of one type of constitutional crisis, i.e. "...a fight among branches of government in which neither side backs down, and there is no clear resolution within the constitutional system."<p><a href="https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/ginsburg-and-huq-how-define-constitutional-crisis" rel="nofollow">https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/ginsburg-and-huq-how-defin...</a><p>The above is a "simple language" style definition. I am not a constitutional scholar but it seems a straightforward and useful one. There are many other such definitions on the 'net but most have similar elements.<p>To me we seem to have a clear fight among the executive and judicial branches, and the executive branch is doing everything in its power to ignore a Supreme Court ruling and the order of a lower court Federal judge.<p>For those who would argue that the US is <i>NOT</i> in constitutional crisis, I'm curious to hear your reasoning.
This article from the Atlantic seems germane to the discussion here as it has useful background on the case and Abrego Garcia:<p>• "The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived" -- <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/supreme-court-confronts-donald-trump/682402/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/supreme...</a>
"Ignore the courts" has been a stated goal of theirs from the beginning. This will keep happening. The Trump admin will not comply with court orders. They want to challenge them to try to enforce things (which they will not be able to do).