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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:31:28 JST Warner Crocker

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   Not much beyond a work program for lawyers.

   Opinion | This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them
   #politics
   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion/what-if-trump-defies-courts.html

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     Ian Robinson (ianrobinson@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:32:56 JST Ian Robinson

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     @WarnerCrocker Can the courts issue arrest warrants for contempt?

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:35:03 JST Warner Crocker

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     @ianRobinson Yes, but to carry out an arrest the US Marshall's office would be the agents to do so. BUT, and here's the crazy part, the Marshall's office is a part of the Executive Branch, which means POTUS could issue an order not to carry out those warrants. It's nuts

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     Ian Robinson (ianrobinson@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:39:05 JST Ian Robinson

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     @WarnerCrocker The way that the US civil service is organised always astounds me. I know they initially wanted it to be very different from the setup in Britain at the time.

     But I’m thankful for the (largely) independent civil service, police, and courts in the UK.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 01:44:10 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Ian Robinson

     @ianRobinson Our system has always had these holes within in it. The poor assumption was that there would never be someone who would exploit them this egregiously At the rate things are going any institution still standing will only be a memorial to what was always a hollow shell housing noble ideals to begin with.