In the US if the court really wants to I think it can start tossing government officials in prison for defying court orders for contempt of court. That's a fair

In the US if the court really wants to I think it can start tossing government officials in prison for defying court orders for contempt of court. That's a fairly common feature of European courts and their descendants AFAIK. It's a very bad sign when that starts happening though, it's the system starting to fall apart.