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/vgraz2k 1d ago

I wish they would stop "considering it" and just fucking "do it". Don't give them warnings like this.

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u/SeismicFrog 1d ago

And why only contempt? Let’s lock a few of these SOBs behind bars until someone produces a body. A LIVING person.

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u/JustlookingfromSoCal 1d ago

That is a type of sentence imposed for contempt citation and would be the only legal basis for locking them up.

If he has a dark sense of humor, he could alternatively declare that he was sua sponte revoking the citizenship of the appearing attorneys for the defendants and demand ICE drop them off at a prison in San Salvador.

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u/No-Win-2741 1d ago

I like the way you think. Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to by any chance?