Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Federal Judges Are Done With The Deference: Courts Call Out Admin’s Immigration ‘Bullshit’ In Increasingly Pointed Terms Over the past week, two federal judges have issued rulings on immigration cases that aren't just legally significant—they're genuinely extraordinary documents. One includes a…

loading . . .

Federal Judges Are Done With The Deference: Courts Call Out Admin’s Immigration ‘Bullshit’ In Increasingly Pointed Terms Over the past week, two federal judges have issued rulings on immigration cases that aren't just legally significant—they're genuinely extraordinary documents. One includes a photo of a five-year-old in a Spiderman backpack, biblical citations, and closes with Ben Franklin's warning about keeping the republic. The other spends 83 pages methodically dismantling a cabinet secretary's decision, includes screenshots of her social media posts, and concludes that she "pounds X (f/k/a Twitter)" instead of following the law. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/federal-judges-are-done-with-the-deference-courts-call-out-admins-immigration-bullshit-in-increasingly-pointed-terms/