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“Why should I not hold you in #contempt?” the judge asked a #DOJ lawyer at a hearing last week. Instead of answers, she got excuses.
“I don’t think there was ever any intention to defy the court orders,” said the lawyer, Matthew Isihara, a military judge advocate [ #JAG] on temporary assignment to the Justice Department. “We were doing our best & things, unfortunately, slipped — slipped through the cracks.”
#Trump #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
“Why should I not hold you in #contempt?” the judge asked a #DOJ lawyer at a hearing last week. Instead of answers, she got excuses.
“I don’t think there was ever any intention to defy the court orders,” said the lawyer, Matthew Isihara, a military judge advocate [ #JAG] on temporary assignment to the Justice Department. “We were doing our best & things, unfortunately, slipped — slipped through the cracks.”
#Trump #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
@Nonilex can I sue this admin for injuries due to continuous eye-rolling?
That explanation was not enough for Judge Laura M. Provinzino of the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota. #Last Wednesday, she found Mr. Isihara in civil #contempt of court.
Legal experts said her ruling marked the first time during Trump’s second term that a judge had attempted to assert authority by issuing a civil contempt ruling, which enforces a judicial order by imposing a penalty until the offending party complies.
Judge Provinzino ordered Ishiara to pay $500 a day until the identity documents were returned.
But the anger Judge Provinzino flashed at Isihara has been repeated in courtrooms across the country amid #Trump’s drive to deport large numbers of immigrants. A review of federal dockets found at least 35 instances since August in which federal district court or magistrate #judges issued an order requiring the government to explain why it should not be similarly punished for violating court orders….
@Nonilex
Jail him until compliance is achieved. Repeat with each successive DOJ attorney sent to replace him until they run out or come into compliance.
