A federal judge found probable cause that the Trump administration acted with contempt of court in violating his order to immediately halt deportations of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members.
US District Judge James Boasberg issued an order Wednesday saying that officials acted in “willful disregard” of his verbal order on March 15 to turn around planes carrying Venezuelans now held in a notorious prison in El Salvador. Boasberg said at a court hearing on April 3 that “the government acted in bad faith throughout that day.”
The Trump admin has been acting in bad faith and with wilful disregard towards justice in America for 86 days and counting.
Can we marshal Marshal Marshall yet, Marshall?
Don’t make them yell stop again. Because by craky, they will!
FYI the text above is currently the entire story - so no need to click a link for more info.
Good first step. Keep in mind this is from the previous order that was ignored, not the whole Kilmar Ábrego García fiasco.
That’s it. that’s the article. I wanna see consequences for the facists, not the court confirming what we already know.
I agree, but it’s all about process. The only thing that ensures our rights are respected is the process that’s used every step of the way. Issuing this order was a critical step in the process. Without the contempt order as a foundation, there could be no consequences for the administration ignoring the order. I completely share your frustration, but these things matter as they build up to what should inevitably be real consequences for the fascists. The judge knows we’re all watching, so he’s gotta be sure to get it right.
That said, I’m not confident there will actually be any meaningful consequences, but there definitely wouldn’t be any without this order.
Time to start disbarring the federal lawyers who do this shit.
Now that would be an effective offense. Blatantly violate the law and lose your livelihood.
What’s the punishment for this kind of contempt? $1000 fine?
Like, okay contempt, soooo? Can’t they just contempt the contempt?
Depends on the type of contempt charge. Legal Eagle compares the types in a video on this case.
tl;dw
- Civil Contempt (coercive) - incremental fines or jail time until the charged follows an order.
- Civil Contempt (compensatory) - a fine paid to someone who was wronged by ignoring a court order
- Criminal Contempt (direct) - jail time meant as punishment for directly disobeying a judge while court is in session
- Criminal Contempt (indirect) - jail time meant as punishment for disobeying a judge while court isn’t in session.
Criminal contempt can be pardoned and Trump has pardoned it before. Civil contempt cannot be pardoned but it only lasts until an order is followed.
Enforcing a contempt ruling is the next issue. Normally a US marshal would enforce it but they technically answer to the Attorney General, who answers to Trump, who could order them not to listen to the judge or be fired. A court could theoretically deputize someone to enforce the order directly, but that has never happened and people could just not recognize the authority of the deputized officer.
At last
More talk. Yak, yak, yak. What a bunch of blather.
Wake me when someone actually DOES something other than NOISE.
FINALLY! They DEFINITELY Will Comply NOW! They do NOT want ANOTHER Stern Letter!
