At some point, a judge is going to need to order the people with handcuffs to use those handcuffs.
It'll be ugly when they do, bc I have no doubt the US Marshal (a Trump appointee) and the AG (ditto, obvs) will tell the marshals not to. Even though they are required to enforce a valid order.
It'll be ugly when they do, bc I have no doubt the US Marshal (a Trump appointee) and the AG (ditto, obvs) will tell the marshals not to. Even though they are required to enforce a valid order.
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They seem to want the judge to hold them in contempt. I wonder why that is.
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But if that's the case, it strikes me as an unavoidable one. Either judges push on the marshals--or, as they can, find outside people to make the arrests, which also will be ugly--or opinions and orders become wholly voluntary to the whims of Trump.
Sometimes norms do enough.
But too many judges seem too wary to call for the handcuffs.
I feel, tho, like they'll still get fired if they do the right thing under threat of contempt.
But if they DON'T fight, then prob(defeat) = 100.00%.
But the courts should at least try to enforce this, or contempt laws mean nothing.
Still, pardon not a slam dunk if civil.
$1000 doubling every day Abrego Garcia isn’t home is $1m in 11 days, $1B in 21 days. And you don’t have to start at $1000 or “doubling.”
Lock up the lawyers in the courtroom, right then and then and there, and then hurl fines around everywhere.
And to your point, possible—but also, billionaires are remarkably tight-fisted. So who knows?
(And/but: that exponential doubling $1000/day is $500 Billion in 30 days. Exponential curves are no joke.)
But, I guess the credit agencies may pick up judgments via LexisNexis? Or maybe they have to be reported. If so, who does the reporting?
Banks should find them via KYC.