{"id":139088,"date":"2025-04-16T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/about-the-judge-challenging-the-trump-administration-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T20:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:42:06","slug":"about-the-judge-challenging-the-trump-administration-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/about-the-judge-challenging-the-trump-administration-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Judge Challenging the Trump Administration \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207562150_71e6b2-e1744831642671.jpg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Board Association (ABA) Spring Antitrust Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. Boasberg issued an injunction barring further flights of deportees under the Alien Enemies Act after two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants were sent to El Salvador on March 15. (Photo by Drew ANGERER \/ AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207562150_71e6b2-e1744831642671.jpg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207562150_71e6b2-e1744831642671.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207562150_71e6b2-e1744831642671.jpg?fit=1024%2C578&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: AFP through Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">U.S. District Judge<strong> James Boasberg<\/strong> is gaining consideration for his opposition of\u00a0President <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/why-was-kilmar-abrego-garcia-deported-5381002\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deportations of immigrants.<\/a> According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.81.0_2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">memorandum opinion<\/a> filed on April 16, 2025, Boasberg wrote, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders \u2014 especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Amid this controversy, right here\u2019s what to find out about Judge Boasberg and his political background.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">James Boasberg Is From California<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Boasberg was born on February 20, 1963, in San Francisco, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">James Boasberg Is a Lawyer and Judge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Boasberg is a lawyer and a jurist. He at the moment serves because the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">James Boasberg Is Married<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While he retains his private life largely personal, he&#8217;s married to Elisabeth Leslie Manson.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">James Boasberg\u2019s Education<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Boasberg has a formidable instructional background, having attended St. Albans School, Yale University, Yale Law School, the University of Oxford, and St. Peter\u2019s College.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Boasberg Might Hold Trump in Criminal Contempt Regarding Immigrations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In his memorandum <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436\/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.81.0_2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">opinion<\/a>, Boasberg wrote, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court ultimately determines that the Government\u2019s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Trump administration addressed Boasberg\u2019s function in public feedback made on March 19, 2025. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/judge-james-boasberg-wife-attacked-trump-administration-1235299804\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rolling Stone<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, White House Press Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-karoline-leavitt-5365815\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong> <\/a>said throughout a press briefing, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Boasberg is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/president-barack-obama\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barack Obama<\/strong><\/a>, his wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and he has consistently shown his disdain for this president and his policies and it\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added, \u201cI would just like to point out that the judge in this case is essentially trying to say that the president doesn\u2019t have the executive authority to deport foreign terrorists from our American soil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: AFP through Getty Images U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is gaining consideration for his opposition of\u00a0President Donald Trump\u2018s latest deportations of immigrants. According to a memorandum opinion filed on April 16, 2025, Boasberg wrote, \u201cThe Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders \u2014 especially by officials of a coordinate branch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9231,9230,60,4831,98,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-139088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-administration","9":"tag-challenging","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-judge","12":"tag-life","13":"tag-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}