Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to endorse an idea from MAGA lawyer Mike Davis who called for releasing “terrorists” near the homes of Supreme Court justices.
On Friday, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan immigrants they accused of being members of a criminal gang.
Davis, a former contender for attorney general, responded by calling the ruling “illegal” and argued that it prevents Trump “from commanding military operations to expel these foreign terrorists.”
“The president should house these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release,” Davis added.
Chevy Chase is an elite country club in Maryland that counts Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh among its members, according to the Washington Post.
Trump reshared Davis’ post on his Truth Social site which was highlighted by former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau in a post on X/Twitter.
“The President re-posts a suggestion from an advisor that he release ‘terrorists’ near the homes of Supreme Court justices who’ve merely ruled that the government can’t send people to a foreign gulag without due process,” Favreau wrote.
Davis responded “Yes” to Favreau, and said that migrants should be sent to “wealthy white liberal enclaves, like Chevy Chase and Martha’s Vineyard instead of working class minority neighborhoods… Then let’s see how much ‘due process’ you liberals want.”
In an unsigned opinion blocking the Trump administration’s use of the centuries-old wartime law, the justices said the migrants haven’t had enough time or information to protect their rights. That is particularly important, the court said, because the administration argued in another case that it’s not able to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting to El Salvador.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, arguing that the court didn’t have jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court ruling sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to determine a few things, including the number of days required for notice for those individuals who could be deported out of the country and what type of hearing the individuals that the Trump administration would like to deport deserve.
“THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!” Trump posted on his Truth Social site in response to the ruling.
