In Litigation Percolating Since 1985 (Ed Meese Era), Noemites Display Disgusting Hubris -- Arguing The USDC Judge Cannot Ask Them Questions. Damn.

Besides the shocking lawlessness of such a terse "shut up!" -- to a sitting USDC Judge, this is just Noem's idiocy, on display. Then-US-AG Ed Meese knew he was violating immigrants' rights, back in 1985 and beyond. So he had to settle on terms that gave the USDC courts oversight authority over all matters related to the treatment of people at the Southern Borders.

Here nearly 40 years later, Noem's central argument here is that "the four corners" of the often revised settlement agreement in that Ronnie Reagan era mistreatment of people without papers class action suit doesn't expressly say the judge can ask these questions. Poppycock.

And utterly. . . charming. This same USDC Judge has presided over the settlement for close to 20 years. She has modified the settlement repeatedly (to protect immigrant rights -- to things like soap, clean water, toothbrushes and bedding), and she has been upheld on appeal -- because she has very broad authority to ensure that the government is not mistreating human beings in violation of our laws, Constitution and treaties. So all she now need do is "order" a change to the settlement consent decree to get this information, formally. She asked politely, in a show of comity to ICE and DHS -- but she need no longer be polite.

So this is all. . . blustering impotence, on the parts of Noem / Miller / Rubio / Trump. Damn -- here's a bit of Noem's high-handed nonsense:

. . . The Court ordered that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Juvenile Coordinators shall include in their supplemental reports “the census of minors who were held in CBP, United States Border Patrol (“USBP”), or ICE facilities for over 72 hours during the months of June and July 2025,” including “the reason why each minor was held for more than 72 hours.” ECF No. 1614, ¶ 3.

Defendants object to the Court’s order requiring Defendants to submit data regarding class members who have been in custody for more than 72 hours, along with the reasons for the delay, because this information is outside of the scope of the Juvenile Coordinator’s annual report. . . .

Yawn, Congrats, Kristi. Now the able USDC Judge Dolly Gee in LA will simply order you to provide whatever information she wants, expressly. Yours was a distinction without a difference -- all just like you: strictly a show pony, only. No working use, at all -- just agitprop.

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