It is not a legal paradox; it is Bolshevik Justice, which has nothing to do with the law, and everything to enforcing revolutionary agenda. --Diana West
Thank you to Diana West. Note that this tweet is from May 2, 2025, a full 4 months ago.
Victor Davis Hanson didn’t waste time getting to the point: after 90 days of Trump’s second term, where do things actually stand on immigration?
— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) May 2, 2025
The answer, he said, depends on how you measure progress.
“There’s good news, and there’s bad news,” Hanson explained.
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But what happens when a new president tries to undo that damage done? According to Hanson, the courts have flipped the rules. “The incoming administration who wants to rectify that abuse, in other words, it wants to enforce the law and say that you came in illegally and you shouldn't have because of the prior laxity of this government, now you've got to leave because you're still breaking the law.” But the courts are not applying the law evenly: “And they’re stopping these deportations for the most part.” Hanson concluded: “It is lawful to be unlawful—if you’re Joe Biden, according to the courts. But it is unlawful to be lawful—if you’re Donald Trump.” In other words, the rogue judiciary can pick and choose when the law applies or not.