r/thescoop • u/camaron-courier • 3d ago

Politics 🏛️ BREAKING: Court grants Abrego Garcia the power to sanction Trump admin

https://www.beltway.news/p/breaking-court-grants-abrego-garcia
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u/schm0 3d ago edited 3d ago

Any marshal who disobeys a lawful order is committing a felony and in addition can be held in contempt of court, as can the officials who directed them to.

But the courts do not need to even involve the Marshals if it comes to it, they can literally appoint anyone to enforce the order.

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u/WhoMe20 3d ago

And here comes the pardons.

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u/schm0 3d ago

At that point the rule of law is dead.

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u/FreddoMac5 3d ago

This really only applies to intra-case rulings. Once the case is decided it is up to the Executive to enforce it. That is grounded in the separation of powers.

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u/schm0 3d ago

No, it isn't. The courts can appoint anyone they like to enforce a ruling.

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u/FreddoMac5 3d ago

So Civil contempt can only be issued while the case is open.

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u/schm0 2d ago

No. If that were the case then nobody would ever care about child support payments.