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A federal judge criticized a Trump administration Justice Department lawyer who claimed they didn't have to follow the judge's oral order blocking deportations to El Salvador because it wasn't in writing.

Judge Boasberg questioned why the administration ignored his directive to return immigrants to the US. The DOJ lawyer repeatedly refused to provide information about the deportations, citing "national security concerns."

Frustrated, Boasberg ordered sworn declarations explaining what happened, quipping that he would issue a written order "since apparently my verbal orders don't seem to carry much weight."

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Wouldn't Trump just pardon them?

[–] [email protected] 169 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Make him do it. Make him do it over and over. New contempt charges every time one of these asshat lawyers refuses a lawful court order. Take up all of Trump's time with having to continuously pardon his own lawyers.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It literally takes trump 20 seconds to tell an aid to start paperwork for a pardon.

After 8 years of watching the legal system completely and utterly fumble any semblance of justice against Trump, it is bizarre to see you hail legal action as the ultimate method of dismantling the Trump regime. Big "I think Mueller is still going to bring Trump down!" energy.

Nothing will change until the ruling class have fear in their hearts, and if the most obstructive and radical thing you can imagine is "waste trumps time by making him pardon an extra 15 people" also happens to be the prevalent mindset of other liberals, then yall are mega doomed.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nothing will change until the ruling class have fear in their hearts, and if the most obstructive and radical thing you can imagine is “waste trumps time by making him pardon an extra 15 people” also happens to be the prevalent mindset of other liberals, then yall are mega doomed.

Did anyone say it was the only method on the table?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fair enough. That was wrong of me to falsely insinuate.

However, I'd still posit that these sort of milquetoast strategies are so ineffective and distracting, that they ought to not be brought up at all since they defang otherwise radical people and distract from real solutions.

In other words, Trump and team would like nothing more than for the opposition to waste untold millions in legal fees (and weeks of prolonged court time) all to make him auto pen a document over the course of 15 minutes. These suggestions are worth less than nothing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Nowhere did I say that was the "ultimate method." Every single thing the orange asshole tries to do should be obstructed and interfered with in every way possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make him do it. Make him do it over and over. New contempt charges every time one of these asshat lawyers refuses a lawful court order. Take up all of Trump’s time with having to continuously pardon his own lawyers.

This would be at best a minor inconvenience that Trump would just sign with the auto-pen that he's going after Biden for using.

And we've seen literally dozens of Trump's high-profile lawyers watch their careers end in disgrace once Trump no longer has a use for them. And for every one that crashes and burns, there seems to be two more willing to take his place. Especially now that Trump is immune from prosecution, making it much less risky for them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point isn’t really to inconvenience him though. It’s to cede no ground without documented abuse of power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Absolutely. Make them show outright that they are using authoritarian tactics. Make it known to all that they're fascists and that they don't care about democratic principles or the rule of law.

Make every Trump voters uncomfortable and understand they voted to end this democratic republic.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

He can't pardon a disbarment, though!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

No. You go through the bar and remove their license.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't think he can. Courts have the power to hold people until they comply with a court order.

Technically so does congress although it's never done.

US Marshalls, however, are a real thing and work for the judiciary.

Edit: ugh, they are responsible for carrying out what the judiciary needs, but it's still part of the executive (DoJ).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I was holding hope for the US Marshalls taking action without the AG calling on them based on what they represent, but they have been helping the Trump with his illegal takeovers of DOGE even assisting with breaking and entering... So it's probably unlikely they will do anything to assist with reigning in the president.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

See elsewhere in the comments on this post. The judge can effectively deputize someone other than a Marshall if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.