Okay, who is going to go to prison over this, though?
Imagine anyone else reading this, being to be able to just ignore a court order.
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Let that sink in. The Department of Justice openly admits defying court orders multiple times.
At least they are an independent body /s
Congress. Do your job. Not if you are a Democrat. Not if you are a Republican — Do your job as a Congressional member.
Yeah, once becomes common place, the rule of law is effectively null and you are at the whims of strongmen with ideology
Plato noted this in Laws, as well.
I should read that
I highly recommend The Republic first. Incredible. Everything we have become as a system, for better and for worse, was stated in those books.
This could be stopped instantly if the judges involved held the DOJ in contempt and put those involved in jail instead of responding with a furrowed brow and wagging finger.
U.S. courts are a joke.
Who would put them in jail? That's the DOJ's job.
Technically us marshalls for federal courts which is... under the DOJ. State is Sherrifs I think
The judges aren't even holding these assholes in contempt for repeatedly violating court orders. If lawyers are held in contempt they can be disbarred which can destroy their careers, even more of a deterrent than a short time in a cell.
This keeps happening because these judges are refusing to use the tools they have to uphold their rulings and the law. If there is no enforcement there is no law which is exactly what we are witnessing.
Law? Order?