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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals put the brakes on Trump's indefinite detention policy, effectively reversing a prior ruling. The court invoked the Constitution as supreme law in blocking the administration's move.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Trump's indefinite detention policy this week, walking back a prior ruling that had allowed it. The court's reasoning was direct: the Constitution says this can't happen, and the Constitution is still the law.
What's notable is that this is the same court that had previously blessed the policy. A shift like this suggests either the legal case got stronger on appeal or the court's composition or thinking changed. Either way, it's a brake on one of the administration's most expansive claims about detention power. But appeals go both directions—this decision will almost certainly be challenged again, and the court's final word may depend on who sits on it.
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