“This is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone.” (On the refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador) - Reagan Appointee Wilkinson “The court cannot imagine how the public interest might be served by permitting federal officials to flaunt the very laws that they have sworn to enforce.” (On the revocation of a student’s visa) - George W. Bush Appointee Schiltz “This sentence staggers. It is wrong as a matter of law and attempts to read an entire provision out of the Constitution.” (On a claim that courts “do not have a role” in regards to the Aliens Enemies Act) - Biden Appointee Sweeney “Allowing constitutional rights to be dependent upon the grace of the executive branch would be a dereliction of duty by this third and independent branch of government and would be against the public interest.” (On an attempt to designate someone as an “alien enemy” without due process) - Land, George W. Bush Appointee “Of great concern to this court is that respondents contradict themselves throughout the entire record.” (On inconsistent evidence about gang affiliation) - Clinton Appointee Briones “Defendants have failed to respond in good faith, and their refusal to do so can only be viewed as willful and intentional noncompliance.” (On a failure to identify many officials involved in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s removal) - Obama Appointee Xinis “As is becoming far too common, we are confronted again with the efforts of the executive branch to set aside the rule of law in pursuit of its goals.” (On a claim that Venezuela has invaded the U.S.) - George W. Bush Appointee Gregory “Generalization of criminality to the Venezuelan T.P.S. population as a whole is baseless and smacks of racism predicated on generalized false stereotypes.” (On insinuations that Venezuelan immigrants are gang members) - Obama Appointee Chen “In short, the order raises constitutional eyebrows many times over. It punishes and seeks to silence speech ‘at the very center of the First Amendment.’” (On an executive order targeting Jenner & Block) - George W. Bush Appointee Bates “Indeed, the government has been brazen.” (On The Associated Press’s access to the White House being restricted for not using “Gulf of America”) - Trump Appointee McFadden “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.” (On the order denying birthright citizenship) - Reagan Appointee Coughenour “The executive order contradicts the text of the 14th Amendment and the century-old untouched precedent that interprets it.” (On the order denying birthright citizenship) - George W. Bush Appointee Laplante “It is hard to fathom a more straightforward display of arbitrary and capricious actions than the defendants’ actions here.” (On a funding cut for the agency overseeing Voice of America) - Reagan Appointee Lamberth “In short, the government asks the court ‘to overlook the simplest, most logical explanation’ for what happened. The court declines.” (On a claim that an agency was not responsible for a funding freeze it had announced) - Trump Appointee McElroy “To hold otherwise would be to bless the president’s obvious attempt to exercise power beyond that granted to him by the Constitution and shield the executive branch’s counterterrorism actions from independent oversight, public scrutiny and bipartisan congressional insight regarding those actions.” (On the firing of two Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board) - George W. Bush Appointee Walton
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