The Fifth Circuit judge who dissented in the Alien Enemies case was outraged. The court, he spluttered, was treating President Trump as if he were just another litigant. Trump had to plead and prove his case just like anyone else. How could that be?
Well, Judge Oldham, that’s exactly the point. In your court, Donald Trump is just another litigant, and he is subject to the same rules as everyone else. He’s not a king.
It is fair to assume that Judge Oldham would not have written those same words about Joe Biden. His idea of deference doesn’t apply to the federal government as a whole or just the presidency–it is purely personal to Donald Trump. That’s how MAGA thinks.