this was inspired by how often these discussions miss what "defying the courts" actually looks like. people imagine it as a binary thing, where the administration simply starts ignoring court orders wholesale. but it's a spectrum, where they test court power over and over and see how far they get.
As Trump is so fond of mentioning, at least in his telling of it President Andrew Jackson told the Court "Let's see them enforce it." The Court, with all due respect to nuance, can't protect us from the Founders worst fears. A lawless populist demigod in the Oval Office.
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https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-the-marshals-go-rogue-courts-have-other-ways-to-enforce-their-orders/?hss_channel=fbp-627508794542515
Personally, I don't have much hope for our institutions.