The Trump Administration received a surprising big win today. The win came in the final hours before rogue Judge Boasberg’s midnight deadline to return the El Salvadorian man deported for illegally entering the United States and ties to the dangerous MS-13 gang. Chief Justice Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court, surprisingly enough, blocked the deadline. The ruling by Roberts doesn’t just allow the Trump Administration to technically claim they are within bounds per the rogue judge’s ruling. It also allows them to simultaneously hold to the position that Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador was not only a good thing, but well within the President’s authority to carry out — regardless of the admitted fact that a clerical error played a role in his deportation. We covered that “administrative error” yesterday, which led to AG Pam Bondi finally taking action and making an example of a senior DOJ lawyer who was handling the case: Pam Bondi Just Dropped the Hammer on Senior DOJ Immigration Lawyer Who Apologized to Obama Era Judge, ISSUES WARNING What Megyn Kelly said 'could' happen -- if Chief Justice Roberts would simply 'do his job' -- actually happened after all! Mike Davis, who served as a law clerk for Justice Gorsuch among other things, appeared on Megyn Kelly's show just this morning. Here's a clip of them outlining exactly what Justice Roberts' needed to do; which isn't exactly what happened today -- but it was a good step in that direction: "Judge Boasberg is gonna take us to the brink... and this could be stopped today if the Chief Justice, John Roberts, would do his damn job and get the his judicial house in order, and get these judicial saboteurs, these activist judges in line." - @mrddmia pic.twitter.com/rlDBwO4UNJ — The Article III Project (A3P) (@Article3Project) April 7, 2025 Chief Justice Roberts' last minute decision was certainly good news for the Trump Administration, which will now be able to allow the arguments to play out in court. Which is exactly what I suspect the plan was, once the issue arose. These things need time to play out in court in order to "stick" legally. Roberts' issued the ruling and gave the the lawyers representing Garcia until 5PM Tuesday to respond, according to the New York Post: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court order Monday instructing the US government to bring back a Maryland man erroneously shipped to a notoriously brutal mega-prison in El Salvador — hours ahead of the 11:59 p.m. deadline for his return. Roberts’ order came hours after the Trump administration filed an emergency petition to the high court. The chief justice set a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for lawyers for Kimar Abrego Garcia to file a response to the Trump administration, signaling his intent to move quickly on the matter. On Friday, a federal judge gave the White House three days to return Garcia, who officials claimed was deported due to an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.” A 2019 immigration judge’s ruling restricted Abrego Garcia from being deported to El Salvador because he could face persecution, including from the Barrio 18 gang. The White House alleges that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 — something his relatives deny. “The United States cannot guarantee success in sensitive international negotiations in advance, least of all when a court imposes an absurdly compressed, mandatory deadline that vastly complicates the give-and-take of foreign-relations negotiations,” Solicitor General John Sauer wrote inthe petition submitted to Roberts. “The United States does not control the sovereign nation of El Salvador, nor can it compel El Salvador to follow a federal judge’s bidding.” Abrego Garcia’s wife and 5-year-old child are both American citizens. Last month, authorities sent Abrego Garcia to El Salvador alongside about 260 other migrants whom it accused of gang ties. Trump had invoked wartime powers under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport organized crime members to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), which has been accused of human rights violations. Garcia was deported along with hundreds of others about a month ago. His family and lawyers have rejected the notion that he has MS-13 affiliations, and argues that he was wrongly targeted. The official narrative by those arguing against the Trump Administration's deporation of Garcia is that he is only a loving, hardworking family man who has tried to live a normal life in the United States. That difference in narratives can be clearly seen in this local Maryland CBS news report from today, when Roberts' block to Judge Boasberg's deadline was announced: That story inaccurately stated that Garcia had been "cleared" of gang connections, which as we reported in the story I referenced from yesterday, is patently untrue; quite the opposite seems to be true, actually. JD Vance actually waded in to the discussion on that point recently, pointing to Garcia's original immigration judge's findings: Kyle Cheney, a "legal affairs reporter" is apparently unable or unwilling to look at the facts here. In 2019, an Immigration Judge (under the first Trump administration) determined that the deported man was, in fact, a member of the MS-13 gang. He also apparently had multiple… https://t.co/tEFd4AUqGY pic.twitter.com/i70r4leqkw — JD Vance (@JDVance) April 1, 2025 Here's the full text of the Vice President's post, pointing to that judge's findings: Kyle Cheney, a "legal affairs reporter" is apparently unable or unwilling to look at the facts here. In 2019, an Immigration Judge (under the first Trump administration) determined that the deported man was, in fact, a member of the MS-13 gang. He also apparently had multiple traffic violations for which he failed to appear in court. A real winner. It is telling that the entire American media is going to run a propaganda operation today making you think an innocent "father of 3" was apprehended by a gulag. Here are the relevant facts: 1) The man is an illegal immigrant with no right to be in our country. 2) An immigration judge determined he was a member of the MS-13 gang. 3) Because he is not a citizen, he does not get a full jury trial by peers. In other words, whatever "due process" he was entitled to, he received. But Justice Roberts' order does not address the specific issues of contention in Garcia's case, according to a report in The Hill: The order does not address the underlying merits of the dispute and is not necessarily an indication of how the court will rule. The Trump administration has acknowledged an “administrative error” that mistakenly removed Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who resides in Maryland, despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling protecting him from being deported to El Salvador over fears of violence. Abrego Garcia was one of hundreds of migrants deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison last month. The administration has accused him of being connected to MS-13 based on a report from a confidential informant, but Abrego Garcia’s family rejects that he has any gang ties. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Obama who serves in Maryland, late last week set the Monday night deadline for the Trump administration to return the man to the country. Many people are reacting to the news of Roberts' block to Boasberg's deadline with cautionary warnings. It recently became apparent that Justice Roberts nominated Boasberg to the FISA court, leaving many to assume that is why Roberts so quickly pushed back against President Trump's comments that Boasberg should be impeached. So…. Are we supposed to act like Justice Roberts didn’t install Judge Boasberg to oversee the FISA court that was part of the coup attempt to frame Donald Trump for treason in 2016? Yep that all happened. — C3 (@C_3C_3) March 21, 2025 Not only did that happen, but evidently after Justice Roberts installed Boasberg to the FISA court... Judge Boasberg used that authority to sign off on the illegal spying on President Trump! Now isn’t this interesting Republicans have been calling to impeach multiple federal judges for weeks, but Chief Justice Roberts only decided to speak up when Judge Boasberg was being targeted What a “coincidence” that CJ Roberts appointed Boasberg to the same FISA court that… https://t.co/02ayNeLC0l — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 20, 2025 Here's the full text of that eye-opening post: Now isn’t this interesting Republicans have been calling to impeach multiple federal judges for weeks, but Chief Justice Roberts only decided to speak up when Judge Boasberg was being targeted What a “coincidence” that CJ Roberts appointed Boasberg to the same FISA court that authorized illegal spying on President Trump Looks like CJ Robert is protecting his corrupt friend! And here is a look at the timeline. That is definitely beyond suspicious, particularly since Chief Justice Roberts was so quick to push back against the possible impeachment of Boasberg! 2014 Roberts appoints Boasberg to the FISA court. 2016 Boasberg signed the FISA warrants to illegally spy on Trump’s campaign and stopped Trump agenda. 2025 Boasberg is used to stop Trumps agenda. @AGPamBondi should investigate Boasberg for illegally spying on Trump in 2016 https://t.co/yNCLmTRMaJ pic.twitter.com/pNIzTQxFEG — Dr. Interracial (@billysandytodd) March 23, 2025 Could it be that today's ruling is Justice Roberts' way of trying to put himself back in President Trump's good graces? Or, at least, trying to put down the rumors of his connection with Boasberg -- which seem to be far more than rumors, at this point? Those may be questions for another day. But as of right now, the Trump Administration has won a victory in its ongoing struggle to right the wrongs of the past administration. And in the more immediate fight against rogue Judge Boasberg, the win couldn't be more clear.