The Justice Department made an unusual move Tuesday evening by filing a lawsuit against every judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland over an order stalling the Trump administration’s ability to deport illegal immigrants.
The lawsuit against the 15 judges, the court clerk, and the court itself challenges a May standing order by the judicial district’s chief judge, George Russell. The order granted an automatic two-day pause on a deportation if the illegal immigrant in question files a habeas corpus petition challenging their detention in court.
The Justice Department claimed in its filing Tuesday evening that Russell’s standing order is an action “forbidden” by Supreme Court precedent and that the court does not have the jurisdiction to interfere in such immigration matters.
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“Congress has instead expressly and intentionally
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