Judge Vows to End Trump Administration’s Noncompliance ‘One Way or Another’
The federal judge identified
210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders.
The chief federal judge in Minnesota accused federal officials of continuing to disobey judicial orders related to immigration enforcement and then mischaracterizing the scope of their missteps.
The judge, Patrick Schiltz, threatened to hold government officials in criminal contempt if the pattern continued, writing in a scathing order on Thursday that, “one way or another, ICE will comply with this court’s orders.”
“The court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government to comply with court orders,” wrote Judge Schiltz, who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush.
Across the country, federal judges have repeatedly called out Trump administration officials in recent weeks for testifying dishonestly, representing the law inaccurately and failing to comply promptly with their orders, especially on immigration-related matters. Tensions between the judiciary and the Trump administration have been especially high in Minnesota, where the courts have been overwhelmed with lawsuits stemming from a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Fans of MAGA may have forgotten this but the routine violation of court orders by the federal government is not normal. Or at least it wasn't until trump 2.0 got rolling.
You folks have a choice in dealing with this info. Employ the many means of denial, deflection, whataboutisms, etc. Or, perhaps uniquely, acknowledge the fault for this doesn't lie with the liberal media, out of control judges, or trumpian victimhood. The fault lies with the regime collectively deciding, directed by Don, to disregard any order of the court it does not feel the need to obey. That's the definition of lawlessness.