Issue Presented
Whether judicial precedents granting constitutional protections and due-process hearings to individuals illegally present in the United States constitute an unconstitutional encroachment on Executive authority, effectively disabling the Executive Branch’s constitutional responsibility to defend the nation against invasion.
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Statement of Facts
The United States Constitution explicitly assigns responsibility for national defense and protection from invasion to the Executive (Article II) and Legislative branches, reinforced by Article IV, Section 4.
Judicial rulings over several decades have granted extensive constitutional protections and due-process rights to individuals present illegally within U.S. territory, mandating individualized hearings before deportation.
Recent judicial decisions, including those from the Supreme Court (March 2025 Venezuelan deportation cases), have further solidified the requirement for individual adjudication, even in circumstances involving known criminal affiliations or potential paramilitary threats.
These judicial precedents have created a widespread legal ambiguity wherein mass infiltration by hostile foreign entities (e.g., paramilitary forces from adversarial nations) cannot practically be distinguished from typical undocumented migration.
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Argument
I. Judicial Precedent Has Nullified Executive Constitutional Authority to Defend the United States from Invasion
The Executive Branch is constitutionally mandated (Article II and Article IV, Section 4) to protect the United States against invasions, including unconventional invasions.
Judicial interpretations mandating individualized due-process hearings for all individuals entering illegally severely limit the Executive’s capacity to execute rapid, effective removal of potentially hostile infiltrators.
Practical evidence demonstrates that courts require lengthy individual adjudication processes, even for individuals explicitly linked to foreign paramilitary or organized criminal groups, as demonstrated in recent Venezuelan deportation cases.
Thus, judicial precedents have materially nullified constitutional Executive powers, disabling the government’s capacity for swift and effective national defense.
II. The Ambiguity Created by Judicial Decisions Has Led to an Intentional or De Facto Usurpation of Executive Powers
Judicial interpretations accepting illegal immigration as a normalized condition created significant legal ambiguity, making it impossible for the Executive Branch to differentiate systematically and swiftly between economic migrants and enemy combatants or infiltrators.
Even after these vulnerabilities became evident, courts persisted in reinforcing such precedents, which now pose significant national security threats.
This persistence in applying flawed precedents represents intentional judicial action, or at least reckless disregard, undermining the constitutional order and thus constituting an unconstitutional encroachment or judicial coup.
III. The Precedent Violates the Fundamental Right to National Self-Defense
The right of a sovereign state to defend itself against invasion or infiltration is fundamental and recognized universally in international law and the U.S. Constitution.
Judicial rulings effectively removing this right by procedural obstacles represent an unconstitutional infringement upon the sovereignty of the United States.
The practical consequence—paralysis of executive capacity to defend against covert foreign infiltration—renders these judicial precedents fundamentally incompatible with the Constitution's explicit text and historical intent.
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Conclusion
Current judicial precedents mandating extensive due-process rights and individualized adjudication of individuals illegally entering or residing in the U.S. constitute an unconstitutional encroachment on Executive authority, effectively disabling the constitutional power and responsibility of the President to defend the nation from invasion. These judicial decisions have created and maintained a strategic vulnerability, intentionally or recklessly undermining national sovereignty and self-defense, effectively amounting to a judicial coup.
Accordingly, these judicial precedents must be reconsidered or explicitly overridden by new legislative measures or Supreme Court reinterpretation to restore and preserve the constitutional balance of power and the fundamental right of the United States to defend its sovereignty.