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US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back

(www.independent.co.uk)
224 points croes | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 09:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.24s | source
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Terr_ ◴[01 Apr 25 09:37 UTC] No.43544712[source]▶
> The Trump administration argues that because the man is no longer in U.S. custody, a U.S. court lacks jurisdiction to issue orders regarding his detention and release.

That's evil and stupid.

By that twisted logic, the President can ship all the gold in Fort Knox to a Russian bank under his own name, and US courts "won't have jurisdiction" to rule that it must be returned.

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1. pavlov ◴[01 Apr 25 10:02 UTC] No.43544921[source]▶
The president nowadays has immunity for official acts, so he can ship the gold to Russia anyway if he signs an executive order saying it’s necessary for world peace.