A federal judge warned of “consequences” if the Trump administration violated court orders, but did not specify what those consequences would be or what it would take for the judge to enact them.
Warnings mean nothing to those people
The executive thinks it hot shit but tell me corpos wouldn’t lose their shit if judges were suddenly hostile towards them.
Seriously, if I were a large company owner that had to pay a settlement right now I wouldn’t. I’d just say the executive branch showed the courts aren’t a governing body any more. We killed 17 workers? Oops, who cares. Their families? Fuck em
What power do courts actually have to enforce judgements? That’ll be the deciding factor. If it’s just bailiffs/sheriffs/cops in general, I find it unlikely they’d do anything.
They already did. Why is there all these warnings and super warnings and ultimatums. Because there are separate laws for us and them.
Man, if you guys rip on me 14 or 15 more times, I’m outta here
Anyone wanna guess what those “Consequences” are going to be?
- A sternly worded written order DEMANDING compliance, with random words in ALL CAPS to show how serious they are this time.
- A repeat of the orders demanding compliance, but adding the words “OR ELSE” to the end.
- A $1000 fine for the first dozen or so violations, followed by nothing at all.
- A contempt of court charge for Trump that actually can’t be enforced because he’s the sitting President.
- A press release saying that Trump needs to abide by the court’s decisions.
- Absolutely fucking nothing at all.
Makes you wish the shooter had practiced more.
Last I checked he can’t be charged with anything as sitting President, not that it can’t be enforced. The SC said that as long as he’s acting in the official capacity of President, and they’re the only ones that can define that on a case by case basis, then it’s official and legal. It’ll be his subordinates that’ll be charged.
Edit: even my grasp of the situation here seems flimsy to me, so someone more dialed in or informed feel free to re-educate me on the subject.
Theoretically, you can still sue the office of the President, just not Trump himself.
So, you know. You can cost the taxpayers money, but not the person making the terrible costly decisions
Last I checked he can’t be charged with anything as sitting President, not that it can’t be enforced.
Whichever way it works. The end result is the same.
Consequences? As in, sequences of cons? Because I’ve seen a lot of those already - Trump’s whole damn life is a con sequence…
lol ok
Finally, trump is really gonna get a stern talking to this time!
Haha, consequences?
Ooooooh…another warning…that’ll show em.
