It all strikes me as a clear case of “what’s the harm?”

John (and Alito and Thomas) whine tonight that maybe — just maybe — the Supremes’ after midnight order on Friday night might not have been strictly needed. That is only so, if one believes the government is acting uniformly honorably, and scrupulously following the rule of law.

But these very same Supremes had just seen an April 10, 2025 order (as to putative Venezuelans), and as to Mr. Abrego-Garcia, himself… not be so honored — at all, let alone… scrupulously. [And the men’s wives were told over the phone — that they were being loaded onto buses to be loaded onto military transport planes bound for… God-Knows-Where.]

In fact, they’d seen very public evidence of DEFIANCE of court orders — which, to be clear — are also open, notorious defiance… of LAWS.

So, seriously, man — when what hangs in the balance is a life sentence, held incommunicado, in a torture prison — in a foreign land, without so much as notice, and opportunity to be heard… what really would be the harm of explicitly warning / telling old Trump / Noem / Rubio that he and they will go to jail if they violate THIS order? Saying “knock it off!” makes good sense.

Embarrassing to Trump? Yes. But perhaps he should admit that he’s the one bringing this all on hisself: he’s the one defying federal court orders about long-standing black letter law.

So my answer to Alito is this: “If you want regular court proceedings, start showing REGULAR respect for all these court orders.”

Act ethically, and honorably when human lives are in your hands — and fix your own admitted “screw ups” — where a person’s liberty is concerned.

In sum — begin re-earning the trust to which you think you ought to be… entitled.

It was your own willful lawlessness that broke this trust.

Own it. The order from which Alito and Thomas dissented… was simply a reminder that the Supremes hold the power to blunt or end Tangerine 2.0’s lawlessness (and his entire mal-administration) — in mere seconds, with a clack of a keyboard… if he doesn’t start playing straight.

You and Alito imagine he has powers… he utterly lacks.

And the SEVEN — including Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett… just shoved that into his wrinkly old leather-face.

Hilarious.