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Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order

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Ah but you forget Donny's infamous "who gonna stop me?" loophole.
I'll believe it when I see it.
- Didn't the supreme Court rule that laws don't apply to a sitting president?
  
  The President, yes. The rest of the administration, no.
  
  Does that also apply to the people surrounding him? I mean, he'll likely just pardon anyone, but still...
  
  Ah; but they didn’t say that laws don’t apply to a sitting administration.
  So don’t impeach Trump again. But jail everyone who followed his orders.
  
  You make it sound so broad. Really, it only works if they say the magic words "this is an official act," before, during or any time after what they are doing.
  
  Not exactly.
  On July 1, 2024, the Court ruled in a 6–3 decision that presidents have absolute immunity for acts committed as president within their core constitutional purview, at least presumptive immunity for official acts within the outer perimeter of their official responsibility, and no immunity for unofficial acts.
  So if they rule that something isn't an official act, or outside of the president's constitutional powers, they can still find it illegal. It means that the courts can effectively "pardon" the president if they rule that he was acting within the scope of his official responsibility, but it doesn't mean that they gave their ability to prosecute if they choose to.
  Whether the president has the power to "self-pardon," effectively giving him total immunity to the law, is another angle, but that has not been tested in court.
  Of course, Trump could simply choose to ignore the courts the same way Andrew Jackson did and it's not clear that anything would happen to him, at least while he's in office and is commander in chief.

Big words for nothing.
Like, what are they gonna do, arrest them? They'd be out in four hours and countersue for billions.
If you want a real solution, the French taught the One.

The judge said he could hold hearings and potentially refer the matter for prosecution if the administration does not act to remedy the violation. If Trump’s Justice Department leadership declines to prosecute the matter, Boasberg said he will appoint another attorney to do so.
I find this interesting. If they’re at all dependent on the Justice Dept to enforce this, nothing is going to happen. I could see the Justice Dept taking up this case causing it to slow to a crawl.
- Last time the Justice Dept wrote a report saying the Trump admin were guilty of breaking the law but wouldn't do anything and leave it up to the Congress to impeach, which didn't happen because of Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans abdicating their responsibility to the Constitution.