White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says the Supreme Court just delivered a massive blow to the Left’s judicial activism — and a green light for President Trump’s agenda to protect Americans.
On Monday night, the high court ruled 5-4 to let Trump continue deportations under the long-standing Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime statute revived by the administration in March to remove illegal aliens connected to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The ruling came after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg tried to block the deportations, despite the fact they were already in motion and carried out from Texas — not D.C., where the lawsuit was filed.
Speaking with Sean Hannity, Miller didn’t mince words: “This judge should have mooted out the case the second it was filed. Instead, the Supreme Court mooted it out for him. What it means is that now all of these crazy left judges are on notice that President Trump is fighting back against lawfare.”
Miller torched the Left’s pattern of “judge shopping,” accusing radical lawyers like the ACLU of deliberately filing cases in front of activist judges with no real legal standing. “They search for the most lunatic left judges in the whole country to try to shut down the president’s action even if there are no plaintiffs where that judge is operating,” he said.
Boasberg’s last-minute attempt to stop the deportations came just hours after Trump ordered the removals on March 15, kicking off “Operation Hammer Drop” with three planes carrying over 200 gang-linked illegals already in the air by the time the ink dried on his decision. The administration made it clear: if you’re part of a foreign terror-linked gang, you don’t belong here.
Yet the DOJ was still dragged into court, with the case bouncing to the D.C. Circuit Court before finally landing at the Supreme Court — which quickly corrected the record and restored Trump’s constitutional authority.
As Miller noted, the Left’s panic isn’t really about legal process — it’s about raw political power. “We’re going to protect the powers of the president, and we’re going to protect the people of this country,” he vowed.
And the people have noticed. After years of watching left-wing judges block Trump’s border policies, his team now has the legal wind at its back — and a Supreme Court that’s no longer playing games.
The ruling also sends a broader message: Trump’s deportation powers under the Alien Enemies Act aren’t just legal — they’re necessary. In fact, the same night SCOTUS sided with the administration, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a separate ruling temporarily halting an order from Judge Paula Xinis that would have forced the return of a deported MS-13 gang member to the U.S.
It’s a sea change in judicial accountability. For years, lower court judges have inserted themselves into national security and immigration matters where they had no jurisdiction. That era is ending.
As Miller reminded viewers, Trump’s tough stance isn’t abstract. It’s personal. “You and I, Sean, have spent many hours with victims who have been murdered by the illegal aliens let into this country by Democrats. President Trump has hugged them. He’s held their hands. He’s looked into their eyes. He has promised them that their loved ones will not have died in vain.”
With SCOTUS now affirming Trump’s authority to act swiftly in the face of national threats, the president’s promise to secure the border and deport violent criminals is gaining strength — and legitimacy.
This is more than a courtroom win. It’s a shot across the bow to the activist judiciary: the games are over, the lawfare is losing, and the president is back in charge.
