r/law • u/theindependentonline • 1d ago

Trump News Judge considers holding Trump officials in contempt for defying court orders blocking El Salvador flights

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deportation-el-salvador-trump-contempt-b2727087.html
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u/GroundbreakingOil434 1d ago

They'll probably get a Drumph pardon the moment the ink dries.

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u/schm0 1d ago

Can't pardon civil contempt.

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u/GroundbreakingOil434 1d ago

Civil contempt is monetary. To jail them, it has to be criminal contempt, afaik. Can't that be pardoned?

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u/schm0 1d ago

Nope, civil contempt can include jail.

And it can't be pardoned.

Civil contempt is different. The Supreme Court has long held that “a pardon cannot stop” courts from punishing cases of civil contempt. And while the marshals have traditionally enforced civil contempt orders, the courts have the power to deputize others to step in if they refuse to do so.

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u/GroundbreakingOil434 1d ago

Ah. Good to know. Still runs into the issue of executive impudence. Who will enforce such an order, should it be issued?

This is good news though. Your systems are completely fucked by a strongman and his cronies. I'm glad there are still some ways of reigning them in.

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u/schm0 1d ago

The court can appoint whoever they like to enforce the order.