The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a court-imposed midnight deadline to return to the US a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, agreeing to a request from President Donald Trump that will give the justices more time to consider the case.
As predicted.
Roberts gave no official reason yet, but we all know how this case is going to end up.
Most likely, the Supreme Court is going to say that while the Trump administration made an “administrative error” in deporting him, there is currently no enforceable remedy available. There’s also the chance that they’ll just slip in a reminder that this man’s deportation was an “executive decision” by Trump as part of his official duties and is therefore immune from any legal liability even when he makes an error.
Most likely, the official decision is going to render Xinis’ order unenforceable and therefore quashed and that’ll be the end of this case. His family may continue trying to pursue this case through civil litigation, but will most likely run into the same wall of “Too bad, so sad, Trump’s immune, sucks to be you.”