The Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered federal district Chief Judge James Boasberg to end his year-long contempt investigation into the Trump administration for not complying with his directive to turn flights around and return deportees bound for El Salvador. The judge had previously issued a temporary restraining order stopping the removal of at least 261 alleged Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members under the provision of the Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump government had the authority to remove the illegal aliens and that Boasburg lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. The court's 2-1 ruling stated that these proceedings were a clear abuse of discretion and that further judicial investigation was unnecessary.