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这份以2比1通过的裁决暂时终结了一场激烈的法律纠纷，该纠纷围绕特朗普政府官员是否违反联邦法院禁令展开
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美国联邦上诉法院以分歧裁决的方式于周二下令美国地区法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格终止针对特朗普政府高级官员的藐视法庭调查，此前这些官员驱逐了超过130名委内瑞拉移民——这场旷日持久且争议激烈的法律斗争就此暂告一段落。
华盛顿特区巡回上诉法院的法官以2比1的投票结果认定，博阿斯伯格的调查越权，构成了对行政部门的“不当干预”。特朗普任命的两名法官内奥米·拉奥和贾斯汀·沃克撰写了多数意见，他们要求担任华盛顿特区首席地区法官的博阿斯伯格在这项调查启动约12个月后终止该程序。
此次争议的核心是特朗普政府去年3月援引1798年《敌国外侨法》将数百名委内瑞拉移民驱逐至萨尔瓦多的行为——政府称这些移民非法留在美国，其中部分人与暴力帮派阿拉瓜列车有关——以及特朗普政府高级官员是否在允许驱逐航班继续飞行的过程中，故意违反了这位地区法官发布的紧急法院禁令。
联邦法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格认定有足够理由认定特朗普因驱逐航班藐视法庭
（卡罗琳·范·豪滕/《华盛顿邮报》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
拉奥和沃克周二表示，博阿斯伯格去年发布的3月15日紧急禁令试图阻止政府立即驱逐委内瑞拉移民，该禁令过于模糊，无法为他们所认定的对高层行政事务的“侵入式”调查提供依据。
“地区法院提议对行政部门高层关于国家安全和外交事务的审议进行调查，”拉奥和沃克周二说道，“这些程序显然是滥用自由裁量权。”
拜登任命的法官J.米歇尔·蔡尔兹撰写了长达80页的尖锐反对意见。
“藐视法庭是一项公共罪行，我们民主共和国的命运将取决于我们是否如此认定，”她说道，并补充道：“如果没有藐视法庭的权力，法治就只是一种幻象，是建立在流沙之上的理论。”
美国最高法院面临挑战之际，顶级法院在驱逐案件中为特朗普提供支持
（奇普·萨莫德维尔/盖蒂图片社拍摄）
此次裁决对司法部而言是一场重大胜利，司法部曾多次请求上诉法院终止针对依据《敌国外侨法》实施驱逐行动的藐视法庭调查。即便无法完全终止调查，司法部也曾请求上级法院介入，阻止关键政府证人的预定证词。
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇于周二下午在社交媒体上称赞了这份2比1的裁决，凸显出本届政府对此次调查以及终止藐视法庭调查行动的高度重视。
“华盛顿特区巡回法院今日的裁决最终应该能终结博阿斯伯格法官一年来针对尽职尽责的司法部律师的运动，这些律师正在为打击非法移民而履职，”他在X平台上说道。
特朗普政府的律师去年曾辩称，此次藐视法庭调查是“一项独特且错误的调查”，超出了地区法院的管辖范围。上诉法院2比1的多数裁决似乎支持了这一论点。
特朗普政府请求最高法院审查萨尔瓦多驱逐航班案
（约翰·摩尔/盖蒂图片社拍摄，2025年12月15日摄于萨尔瓦多特科卢卡）
就博阿斯伯格本人而言，他一直坚定地为自己的调查行动辩护。“这项调查并非什么学术演练，”他在去年自己的一份裁决中说道。
美国公民自由联盟的律师李·杰伦特是原告的首席法律顾问，他在周二回应巡回法院的裁决时表示：“该裁决是对法治的打击。”
“我们的制度建立在包括总统在内的行政部门尊重法院命令的基础之上，”他说道，“在这起案件中，特朗普政府是否故意违反了法院命令，已经没有任何疑问。”
美国公民自由联盟并未立即表明是否计划向全体法官合议庭或最高法院提起上诉。
此次刚刚被叫停的藐视法庭调查原本预计会加剧特朗普政府与华盛顿特区美国地区法院首席法官之间长期酝酿的紧张关系，博阿斯伯格对《敌国外侨法》案件的监督让他直接成为特朗普的攻击目标。
特朗普此前对博阿斯伯格发表的言论，包括呼吁弹劾他，曾促使美国最高法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨去年罕见地公开发出警告。
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目前尚不清楚代表《敌国外侨法》原告群体的律师是否会挑战华盛顿特区巡回法院的裁决，但他们确实有相关途径可以采取行动。律师既可以申请“全体法官合议庭”复审，即由上诉法院全体法官进行审理，也可以将案件提交至最高法院进行审查。
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DC appeals court orders Judge Boasberg to halt Trump contempt probe over deportation flights
April 14, 2026 2:23pm EDT / Fox News
The 2-1 ruling ends, for now, a bitter legal dispute over whether Trump officials violated a federal court order
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A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to end his contempt inquiry into senior Trump administration officials after they deported more than 130 Venezuelan migrants — capping a protracted and bitterly disputed legal fight.
Judges for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Boasberg’s inquiry overstepped the court’s authority and represented an “unwarranted impairment” of the executive branch. Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker, two Trump appointees, authored the majority, which ordered Boasberg, the chief district judge for the District of Columbia, to terminate the contempt inquiry roughly 12 months after it began.
At issue was the Trump administration’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last March — migrants that the administration alleged were in the U.S. illegally and in some cases had ties to the violent gang Tren de Aragua — and whether senior Trump officials had willfully defied an emergency court order issued by the district court judge in allowing the deportation flights to continue.
FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT OVER DEPORTATION FLIGHTS
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Rao and Walker said Tuesday that the March 15 emergency order that Boasberg issued last year, which sought to halt the administration from immediately deporting the Venezuelan migrants, was too ambiguous to justify what they ruled was an “intrusive” investigation into high-level executive matters.
“The district court proposes to probe high-level Executive Branch deliberations about matters of national security and diplomacy,” Rao and Walker said Tuesday. “These proceedings are a clear abuse of discretion.”
J. Michelle Childs, a Biden appointee, authored a sharp, 80-page dissent.
“Contempt of court is a public offense, and the fate of our democratic republic will depend on whether we treat it as such,” she said, adding: “Without the contempt power, the rule of law is an illusion, a theory that stands upon shifting sands.”
TOP US COURT HANDS TRUMP A WIN ON DEPORTATIONS AS SCOTUS CHALLENGE LOOMS
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The ruling is a significant victory for the Justice Department, which had asked the appeals court several times to halt the contempt inquiry into the Alien Enemies Act removals. Short of that, they asked the higher court to intervene and block the scheduled testimony of key government witnesses.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche praised the 2-1 ruling Tuesday afternoon on social media, signaling the outsize importance that the administration has placed on the inquiry, and on efforts to end the contempt probe.
“Today’s decision by the DC Circuit should finally end Judge Boasberg’s year-long campaign against the hardworking Department attorneys doing their jobs fighting illegal immigration,” he said on X.
Lawyers for the Trump administration argued last year that the contempt inquiry is an “idiosyncratic and misguided inquiry,” which they said falls outside the jurisdiction of the district court. The 2-1 majority ruling from the appeals court appears to support that contention.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW EL SALVADOR DEPORTATION FLIGHT CASE
Salvadorian troops are seen guarding the exterior of CECOT, or Counter Terrorism Confinement Center, on Dec. 15, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador.(John Moore/Getty Images)
Boasberg, for his part, has staunchly defended his efforts. “This inquiry is not some academic exercise,” he said in a ruling of his own last year.
“The opinion is a blow to the rule of law,” ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt, the lead counsel for plaintiffs, said Tuesday in response to the circuit court’s ruling.
Our system is built on the executive branch, including the president, respecting court orders,” he said. “In this case there is no longer any question that the Trump administration willfully violated the court’s order.”
The ACLU did not immediately indicate whether it planned to appeal the ruling to the full bench or the to the Supreme Court.
The newly blocked contempt inquiry had been expected to bring to the fore long-simmering tension between the Trump administration and the chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., whose oversight of the Alien Enemies Act case has put him squarely in Trump’s crosshairs.
Trump’s remarks about Boasberg, including calls for his impeachment, prompted Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to issue a rare, public warning last year.
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It is unclear if lawyers representing the class of Alien Enemies Act plaintiffs will challenge the D.C. Circuit’s ruling, though they do have options to do so. Lawyers can either seek review “en banc,” or from the full bench of appeals court judges, or kick the case back to the Supreme Court for review.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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