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      That’s what the article states. She’s mandating two weeks of intense discovery, which will lead to contempt of court if they cannot prove they have done everything in their power to return him.

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        Honest question: if the administration’s defense is shrugging because he’s in another country, doesn’t the judge have an easy layup to shut down CECOT deportations?

        They can’t have it both ways, either follow due process or keep your slave detention camps domestic. It’s not interfering in foreign policy to point out they need to choose.

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          She did, with an injunction that they are continuing to defy. That’s another contempt of court charge. She has to do this slowly and methodically to prevent giving them evidence of bias when they appeal her rulings. The downside to a just court is the pace. Had we a functional Congress that wasn’t packed with loyalists, this would’ve been over by now.

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            The next step is to issue an arrest warrant for Trump, and if the cops are too pussy to do it the Judge can deputize any citizens who volunteer to do it too.

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      How can they be found in contempt when they were never out of contempt.

      They don’t care what judges say. The judges are just NOW finding that out?

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        In the legal system, far more things get reversed due to procedural issues than on merit. Generally, this is a good thing. A judge should not be able to hand out punishment on a whim.

        As with most protections, fascists destroy the ones that limit them and cling to those that benefit them.