A federal appeals court said it was “shocking” that the Trump administration claimed it was unable to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. In a blistering ruling on Thursday, a three-judge panel unanimously agreed that a group of President Donald Trump’s top officials—including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi—must fulfill a judge’s request for sworn testimony about their failure to heed her order demanding

This time, his defeat came at the hands of a Republican-appointed judge who openly challenged the administration's regard for the Constitution. On Thursday, U.S. Circuit Court J. Harvie Wilkinson III — who was appointed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals by former President Ronald Reagan — shot down an appeal by the administration to impose an emergency stay on an order pertaining to the wrongful deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia.