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   Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:35:31 JST Heidi Li Feldman

   The judge in Abrego Garcia’s case, Judge Xinis, is documenting the Trump executive’s noncompliance with her orders. This is ordinarily the way a judge forces compliance. In this case it will probably serve as proof in support of a contempt judgement. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.61.0_1.pdf

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:36:43 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     Any speculation as to what the consequences will be for a contempt judgement?

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:51:00 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     The moral injury is becoming hard to bear

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:51:01 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @kims 1st, judge will order an official with personal knowledge to testify in court. Assuming a witness from Trump regime disappear, but does not answer responsively, judge will order fine and or confinement. typically, US marshals would enforce. But obviously, this is a problem since the marshals are controlled by Trump. 1/2

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:51:01 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @kims meanwhile, you can be sure the Trump regime will appeal contempt judgment. I expect fancy footwork from Roberts as he tries to pretend the regime isn’t outright defying the judiciary.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 05:56:31 JST Matt Blaze

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @heidilifeldman @kims The consequence of defying the judgement are important, but I'm even more concerned about what happens next. At some point, either Trump backs down or the Roberts court has to acknowledge they have no effective authority over the executive. If the latter happens, we're in completely uncharted territory.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 06:26:30 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Matt Blaze

     @mattblaze @heidilifeldman
     Your language here isn't lost on me:

     "or the Roberts court has to acknowledge they have no effective authority over the executive"

     It's weird (but understandable) that we're more concerned not about what's true, but rather *acknowledging* it to be true. I'm with Heidi that Roberts is going to do whatever is necessary to maintain the fiction that it's still a happy marriage