Earlier this month, Xinis ordered the administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia's return. That decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court, although the justices said her order needed to be clarified to make sure it did not intrude upon executive branch power over foreign affairs.

The government’s latest stubborn stance in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia litigation is (among other things) genuinely mystifying.

The Trump administration is not acting in “good faith” as part of the expedited fact-finding process unfolding in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the federal judge overseeing the matter ruled Tuesday,