Bovino's daily meetings with judge would infringe on separation of powers, appeals court says

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino no longer has to worry about a daily check-in with a federal judge, after an appeals court ruled Friday that the meetings would infringe on the separation of powers.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had already put a temporary stop earlier this week to Bovino’s meetings with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. But the appeals court followed up with a fuller order Friday, siding with the Trump administration.

Ellis had told Bovino on Tuesday she wanted to meet with him every weeknight until Nov. 5. She wanted to discuss the events of each day, and whether agents were abiding by her orders while conducting the deportation campaign known as “Operation Midway Blitz.”

The appeals court, in an unsigned two-page order Friday, found that problematic