• iridebikes
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      52 months ago

      Some feckless Republican insider who feigns doing the work and drags it out long enough for Trump to escape accountability?

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        Doubt that.

        He’s not going after Trump here. He can’t. He’s going after anyone else ignoring his legal orders though.

        Adam Kinzinger would be a good choice, but maybe too political.

        Edit: I also lay the DoJ’s ineffectiveness to properly deal with Trump squarely at the feet of Biden & Garland.

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          62 months ago

          Yeah. Garland was the Republican insider that scuttled the case for Trump. I dunno man. My cynicism is at its maximum. I wish I could allow myself to have hope that the right thing happens.

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            Can’t pardon contempt. Boasman can literally jail everyone involved with ignoring his injunction except Trump. Used to be indefinitely, but I think that was capped.

            Boasman can also deputize citizens if the Marshal service decides they don’t want their jobs anymore.

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              22 months ago

              That would be … wild. Did not know that judges could deputize citizens. TIL!

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                Federal judges have a large toolbox to force compliance with the court.

                It’s petty & I hope it doesn’t come to this, but personally, I’d love to watch some ICE agents getting ripped out of their homes at 3am.

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              32 months ago

              Can’t pardon civil contempt. The judge declared probable cause for criminal contempt, and crimes can be pardoned