1. He's saying that at any time he can declare that the US is being invaded and send any non-citizen to a prison in a third country, and there can be no judicial review.

2. Separately, he's saying that he can deport any non-citizen who poses a threat to national security without judicial review.

3. He and his allies are saying that people who do things he doesn't like are committing crimes. For instance, if they don't like a particular government program they call it fraud. If a judge rules against them, they call for the judge's impeachment.

4. He's saying that he can drive any law firm that opposes him out of business by limiting their access to government officials and government contracts. This would mean that any law firm would have to take a huge risk to represent an unpopular client.

So if you take all of this together, if you're a non-citizen, the President, who has absolutely no compunction about falsely accusing people of crimes, is saying that he can accuse you of being a criminal or a national security threat and send you to a prison in El Salvador. He's saying that the courts cannot review his actions, and even if they could, he can drive the lawyers who might represent you out of business.

Also see the following for more examples of defying court orders on deportations:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/us/politics/trump-venezue...

The Judiciary isn't anxious to push things to the brink because they understand the ramifications for democracy if they push Trump to the point of disobeying a direct Order of the US Supreme Court. The judiciary is very aware the Judiciary is a Constitutional Paper Tiger with no effective enforcement mechanism against the other two branches of government.

OTOH, if the Judiciary gives the appearance of attempting to avoid a showdown, that will likely only embolden Trump and increase the chance he tosses democracy aside by telling SCOTUS to 'go jump in a lake'.

It will be interesting to see if Judge Sorokin threatens criminal contempt on Monday.