Far Right Appeals Court Rules Against Trump in Big Surprise

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

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In a stunning reversal of fortune, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a bipartisan 2-1 vote, just declared that Trump’s declaration of war against Venezuela to justify his removal of people without due process under the Alien Enemies Act was illegal, with a Trump judge “trying out” for the Supreme Court (Judge Oldham) in dissent. Michael Popok examines the case sent to the 5th by the Supreme Court in May, and the ruling within a ruling about due process. Tushy: Over 2 million butts love TUSHY. Get 10% off Tushy with the code LEGALAF at https://hellotushy.com/LEGALAF! #tushypod Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What does the Trump administration's decision to blow up a boat in the Caribbean with 11 people on it
0:05.7	have to do with a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that came out on the same day against the Trump administration?
0:12.1	What's the link? Well, Donald Trump has declared that we're at war with Venezuela, and Venezuela is at war with us,
0:19.0	giving him the powers to use the Alien Enemies Act.
0:21.7	I mean, what happens in war? We just blew up a boat with 11 people on it that Marco Rubio claims
0:26.4	were members of the Trenda-Ragua drug cartel supported by Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela.
0:32.5	Well, happens to be on the same day, and I'm sure to distract attention from another losing case for Donald
0:38.4	Trump, where the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is generally conservative and leans right,
0:43.0	in a two to one vote, found that Donald Trump improperly invoked his powers under the Alien Enemies Act
0:49.2	because we are not at war with Venezuela. There's not a predatory incursion going on. And this is what the
0:56.0	United States Supreme Court wanted the Fifth Circuit to do, because in May they blocked the use
1:01.5	of the Alien Enemies Act to deport these people in the Northern District of Texas, sent it back to
1:06.9	the Fifth Circuit with instructions to determine whether due process was properly filed,
1:12.4	followed, and whether the Alien Enemies Act was properly used. Substantively. Well, we got the ruling in
1:18.4	September, and two to one. It's against Donald Trump. An interesting two to one vote, who's on the
1:23.7	vote, Southwick, a Bush appointee, Carrillo Ramirez, a Biden appointee, with Oldham,
1:30.6	who's trying out for the Supreme Court on the Magasot in dissent. It took 133 pages for these
1:37.6	three judges to render their various opinions, and I'm going to break it all down for you,
1:42.2	very simply here on this hot take on the Midas Dutch Network and on Legal A.F. Recall that it's starting in March, Donald Trump started to use
1:49.9	the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds and thousands of people out of the United States.
1:55.8	Judges like Judge Boasberg in the District of Columbia challenged his use of the Alien enemies Act,
2:01.8	found that it was not properly used, but that got blocked and never made its way up to the
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