This ruling strips the government of one of the few tools that was actually making cartels afraid. By halting strikes, the courts have signaled weakness, and weakness is always read as opportunity by organized crime. Every cartel boat that slips through will not just carry drugs, it will carry proof that U.S. sovereignty can be tested and breached. Local communities will face heavier waves of fentanyl, border agents will be stretched thinner, and traffickers will grow bolder with every shipment. Once cartels confirm the courts are their shield, the spiral of violence and addiction inside America will accelerate beyond control.
The court’s decision to halt drone strikes on cartel boats is judicial overreach at its worst. Cartels are foreign terrorist organizations under Trump’s executive order, and their operations directly threaten U.S. sovereignty. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of…
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