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Appeals Court Makes SHOCK RULING on Trump Detention Theory

2026-02-11 Entertainment
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Over the past six months, Donald Trump’s government has tried — and mostly failed — to adopt a radical reinterpretation of a nearly three-decade-old law that would allow authorities to detain millions of suspected noncitizens without the opportunity to post bond.  Then, on Friday evening, a divided three-judge panel of the most conservative federal appellate court in the United States granted Trump’s wish. The American Immigration Council's senior litigation counsel Suchita Mathur breaks down the implications. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@tfcooks 2026-02-11

It's a gift to the private prison industry. I wonder how much these judges and politicians have invested in private prisons.

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@TheWeezieW 2026-02-11

We need to impeach them ALL!

235 5 replies
@Águilasymariposas 2026-02-11

It's like America was dropped into an ongoing crime scene in 2015 and now we're living in a deranged horror movie.

224 14 replies
@bundletesla5882 2026-02-11

This is completely insane! This doesn't even sound like our country anymore!

126 3 replies
@daniel.stovsky 2026-02-11

Situations like this show how quickly public perception and power can shift. After watching political movements for many years, i started noticing that outcomes are often decided long before people realize it. I recently found out about this guy, Dante Malrick who writes about psychology and human behavior, and reading his thoughts made me reflect on how hidden patterns quietly shape events more than most people notice

123 3 replies
@jefferykelsey 2026-02-11

Impeach the disgraceful 5th Circuit NOW!!! 😠

106 2 replies
@richietattersall2122 2026-02-11

It's a TOTAL violation of the United States Constitution.

90 4 replies
@ashleyrenee4824 2026-02-11

All these corrupt judges need to be removed!

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@talg0985 2026-02-11

This is alarming. Feels like that is a daily reaction to the onslaught of chaos and corrution.

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@Reaper2493 2026-02-11

The fix is in, they made the ruling in 2 days.

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