Have you ever had a cookout, where people spend so much time shooing flies away, it looks like a gathering of the hearing impaired? The pesky little critters don’t stop the picnic, but spend the day annoying the hell out of everyone – just like Lord of the Flies Jeb Boasberg and his merry swarm of judicial resistance pests.
Well, Jeb is in the news again. I refuse to call him “judge” when he demonstrably doesn’t meet the minimum requirements of the job – integrity and Constitutional literacy. He’s more like someone who decided to go to a masquerade party in a black robe.
So far we’ve learned that Jeb
- Has complete disdain for Trump supporters – to the point of imprisoning them for taking selfies on Capital grounds,
- Hates Republican leaders – to the point of issuing warrants to surveil them,
- Really hates Donald Trump – to the point of suggesting that other benchwarmers consider the man rather than the evidence when judging him,
- Considers the Supreme Court his inferiors – to the point of ignoring the limits it has placed on his authority,
- Doesn’t think much of Congress – to the point of ignoring duly passes laws and limits on his jurisdiction, and
- Really loves insurgent gang members – to the point of granting them the rights of citizenship via judicial fiat.
Before heading home to turkey and that annoying Mariah Carey Christmas song on the radio, the Boas decided to honor our Lord and Savior by inviting foreign gang members to continue their yuletide tradition of mischief and mayhem. Even though Jeb has no jurisdiction over immigration, he ordered the President of the United States to go get 137 Tren de Aragua gangsters from their current El Salvadoran accommodations, and give them a luxury jet ride back to the good ole US of A in time for the New Year bowl games. Fortunately, Jeb forgot to order the miscreants’ weapons returned also. I’m sure the ACLU will be filing a brief for that too.
The Boas called his order “defending due process.” I call it “illegal incitement of human trafficking.” Yes, the clown in the black robe ordered the Donald to commit felony violation of immigration law, or face contempt. There’s no word yet on a Senator Capt. (ret) Mark Kelly (Putz, AZ) video reminding the President that he has a duty to disobey illegal orders.
Naturally the Boas’ order – like all his other resistance shenanigans – will probably be struck down by either an appellate or the Supreme Court. The only practical effect of his order will be to
- Force AG Bondi to put in some OT filling out appellate paperwork;
- Increase Presidential power – every overturned decision being a clarification of the powers of the Presidency … just in time for a Vance administration,
- Double-dog-dare the Republicans in Congress to take his impeachment serious – lest he invalidate their branch of government;
- Drive more voters into the MAGA big tent – since self-governed people get a bit miffed when told their votes don’t count;
- Further erode the legitimacy of the Article III branch of government – the branch who’s only power is its integrity; and
- Give Justice Sotomayor another opportunity to b*tch about her emergency docket, and Justice Brown Jackson another chance to show that she’s incapable of writing a coherent legal decision.
Not surprisingly, when lower courts rule against the Donald, they have been overturned an amazing 96 percent of the time by appellate courts or the Supremes. That means all those resistant flies either don’t understand the law, or are intentionally flaunting it.
Given the long odds against Jeb’s order standing, it’s likely the poor lads that the Boas is so concerned about, are still going to wind up in prison, back in El Salvador, or both.
Contrary to what he thinks of himself, the Jeb isn’t the next coming of George Washington, leading the resistance against tyranny. He’s just an annoying fly, buzzing around everyone’s head, doing little to hinder the President, while begging to be swatted (metaphorically speaking).
But I’ll give Jeb Boasberg this, if his goal is to become an historical figure, he’s certainly on track to achieve that. I wonder what the Guinness record is for the most overturned judicial decisions?
Author Bio: John Green is a retired engineer and political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Idaho. He spent his career designing complex defense systems, developing high performance organizations, and doing corporate strategic planning. He is a contributor to American Thinker, The American Spectator, and the American Free News Network. He can be reached at greenjeg@gmail.com.
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