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The executive branch can just not comply with civil contempt sanctions against its own members (not pay fines, and the Marshal’s Service can just not take peopl
by dragonwriter 2y ago
The executive branch can just not comply with civil contempt sanctions against its own members (not pay fines, and the Marshal’s Service can just not take people into custody for civil confinement), and either pardon or decline to prosecute (or both) for criminal contempt, and then the court order has no teeth.