Constitutional Crisis? Not Yet | Power Line

I wrote here about President Trump’s appropriate and, in my opinion, perfectly legal effort to expel violent foreign gang members from the U.S. The fact that this effort is controversial tells you all you need to know about the current moment in our history.

Democrats are accusing the president of “refusing to comply” with the order issued by District Court Judge James Boasberg, who directed the administration not to deport these violent gang members, and went so far as to order any airplanes that were then in the air to turn back. The order, in my opinion, was ridiculous on its face and exceeded any lawful authority of a district court judge.

Today Karoline Leavitt responded to claims that the administration has violated Boasberg’s order:

The real issue here is not Trump’s executive orders, it is the attempt by Democratic Party district court judges to insert themselves into American foreign and domestic policy, for the purpose of undermining the Trump administration and advancing the Democratic Party’s agenda.

It seems that we do not, at the moment, have a constitutional crisis over the Tren de Aragua deportations. But, to paraphrase a famous patriot, if they mean to have a constitutional crisis, let it begin here.