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We'll see how quickly the courts catch on to the fact that his administration has zero intent on keeping their word even if they agreed to do something. I thin
by duxup 2y ago
We'll see how quickly the courts catch on to the fact that his administration has zero intent on keeping their word even if they agreed to do something.
I think the courts assume that both parties do what they say they'll do / are honest participants in the process. But that does advantage those who are happy to use the process to just do what they want in the meantime.
Of course what consequences could there be? SCOTUS already decided that the POTUS is immune if it is an "official act". They did what they could to enable this kind of behavior. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, not sure how they forgot about that one.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoNobody is holding the President in contempt. But the agents who knew and refused? Lawyers? Pilots? They will be charged (eventually). (Also, title was editorialised. Nobody has been held in contempt.)
- outer_web 2y ago> “The Court ultimately determines that the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt,” Boasberg wrote in a 46-page ruling detailing his decision. The title correctly states that Boasberg found cause to hold the government in criminal contempt. It correctly did not state that Boasberg did not hold the government in civil contempt, yet.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> The title correctly states that Boasberg found cause to hold the government in criminal contempt It originally said it found contempt. The court is threatening contempt. Important difference.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI don't think courts assume that. They assume that they can cause consequences to bad faith actors until they stop doing that. If they don't, they keep upping the consequences. I fervently hope that the courts have thought through what levers they have available more thoroughly than the administration has.