Here’s the thing: the Founders weren’t stupid, and neither is Trump
By Kevin McCullough
Not to say I told you so, but let’s be real — I’m fully, completely, unashamedly, and absolutely saying I told you so. And, the Supreme Court of the United States just backed me up — again.
Today, in a one-two punch of constitutionally glorious vindication, the highest court in the land handed President Donald J. Trump a 2-0 win, one of which should have every America-hating, Constitution-twisting, open-borders cheerleader choking on their avocado toast. Because, yes, SCOTUS just greenlit Trump’s use of a 1798 law to deport foreign gang members. You know — those charming fellas who rape, murder, and traffic women and fentanyl with equal zeal, all while wearing face tattoos and flashing signs like it’s a Netflix audition for Narcos: The Spin-Off No One Wanted.
But for those keeping score at home, let’s talk about who got it wrong — and got smacked for it like a two-dollar pig at the state fair.
Judge James Boasberg, the D.C. District Court’s very own champion of anti-Trump jurisprudence, had previously blocked Trump’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act — a law written by John Adams himself — claiming it didn’t apply to non-state actors like criminal cartels or foreign gangs.
To which SCOTUS just said, in effect: Wrong! Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done, Jim.
Let’s be crystal clear: this isn’t just a Trump win. This is a national security win. This is a common sense win. And this is a Kevin McCullough was right and has receipts win.
Judge James Boasberg, the D.C. District Court’s very own champion of anti-Trump jurisprudence, had previously blocked Trump’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act — a law written by John Adams himself — claiming it didn’t apply to non-state actors like criminal cartels or foreign gangs.
To which SCOTUS just said, in effect: Wrong! Now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done, Jim.
Let’s be crystal clear: this isn’t just a Trump win. This is a national security win. This is a common sense win. And this is a Kevin McCullough was right and has receipts win.
“The president was never out of bounds,” I wrote in Townhall.com back in 2020. “He’s acting in the national interest, the legal framework exists, and his critics will eat their words when the courts catch up.”
Checkmate.
SCOTUS ruled that the 1798 Alien Enemies Act — still on the books, still valid, and, as it turns out, still potent — gives the president broad discretion in times of conflict to remove foreign nationals deemed dangerous to public safety. Boasberg tried to twist the language, pretending the Founders couldn’t have imagined a world where non-state actors like MS-13 or Hezbollah proxies could wage war on American streets.
But here’s the thing: the Founders weren’t stupid. And neither is Trump.
“The idea that the Founders didn’t anticipate foreign threats morphing and adapting is both historically illiterate and strategically suicidal,” I wrote when the lower courts first tried to kneecap Trump on this front.
“These laws weren’t written for 1798 problems. They were written with timeless principles.”
“The idea that the Founders didn’t anticipate foreign threats morphing and adapting is both historically illiterate and strategically suicidal,” I wrote when the lower courts first tried to kneecap Trump on this front.
“These laws weren’t written for 1798 problems. They were written with timeless principles.”
And wouldn’t you know it, seven of the nine Supreme Court justices apparently agree — including some who are about as cuddly toward Trump as CNN is to reality.
The majority opinion emphasized that the statute “applies to all enemies, state or non-state, in times of conflict, and grants the executive discretion.” Boom. Mic drop. Go home, leftists.
But it wasn’t just the gang member deportation case that got a SCOTUS smackdown in Trump’s favor today.
In a separate decision, the justices also rebuked another lower court ruling trying to jam up Trump’s immigration policy — one that had made it easier to quickly deport criminal aliens without a years-long taxpayer-funded legal carnival.
So that’s two wins. On the same day, from the same court. For the same president.
And yet the legacy media is doing Olympic-level gymnastics trying to bury the lead. But don’t worry. We see you.
So that’s two wins. On the same day, from the same court. For the same president.
And yet the legacy media is doing Olympic-level gymnastics trying to bury the lead. But don’t worry. We see you.
What makes this even juicier is the context. Remember how Democrats clutched their pearls, insisting that Trump was some kind of dictator for using every legal tool available to him? Remember how they screamed that he was trampling the Constitution by enforcing the law — as written — to remove violent criminals who shouldn’t have been here in the first place?
Turns out, he was following the law to the letter. The same law, by the way, that Abraham Lincoln invoked during the Civil War and that FDR used during World War II. And you know what Lincoln, FDR, and Trump all have in common? They used executive authority for the protection of the American people. Period.
So to all the critics who claimed this was racist, xenophobic, or unconstitutional — congrats on your L.
“You don’t get to scream ‘democracy!’ while simultaneously ignoring the plain meaning of law and precedent,” I wrote in 2021. “Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act isn’t a loophole — it’s leadership.”
Well, well, well. Here we are.
This case, Garland v. Gonzalez, didn’t just restore the president’s rightful authority. It also restored a little faith in the idea that our institutions aren’t entirely broken. When even a SCOTUS that includes Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan can’t deny the plain text of the law, you know the Trump legal case was airtight.
And maybe — just maybe — it’s time to stop trying to handicap the commander-in-chief when he’s trying to do his job.
Imagine how many lives could’ve been saved — how much violence prevented — if Trump’s policies had been allowed to take effect in real time instead of being tied up in courtroom kabuki theater by activist judges and Soros-backed NGOs.
This is why elections matter. This is why the courts matter. And this is why Donald Trump, whether you love him, fear him, or tweet about him from your therapist’s office, was right.
Again.
SCOTUS didn’t just rule in Trump’s favor today. They ruled in America’s favor. They upheld the rule of law, the original intent of the Constitution, and the principle that no foreign gang member has the right to remain in the country they seek to destroy.
I told you so. I warned you. And now the Supreme Court just underlined it, bolded it, and stapled it to your forehead.
SCOTUS: TRUMP WAS RIGHT!
Let the crying commence.
Kevin McCullough (@KMCRadio) breaks news as it happens on New York's Salem Media 570/970AM Radio. Nationally syndicated, he produces broadcast/podcast content airing on 1,600+ outlets, seven days per week. 
