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> contempt order is a nothingburger if he's put no one in jail

This is like saying an arrest warrant is a nothingburger because nobody has been arrested yet.



An arrest warrant is a nothingburger if no one is arrested. Many people live forever on an open arrest warrant in another state, knowing if it is say a misdemeanor warrant there is 0% chance it will be enforced, it at most turns into a drinking joke.


> arrest warrant is a nothingburger if no one is arrested

You changed “has been” to “is,” with the implication of ever.


I mean that it is a nothingburger. Maybe some day it will not be a nothingburger.

If I meant to say it will be a nothingburger for all infinity I would say 'ever.' My intent here is to portray it could indeed change to not being a nothingburger, which is why I used a past tense in my first quote.


You’re just wrong. A judge threatening contempt is a problem for everyone but the President personally.


Federal courts have very little power to mete out punishments that can’t simply be nullified by presidential pardons.


Contempt can be a civil charge which is not pardonable by the President. Civil contempt would be holding officials until XYZ is accomplished. Criminal contempt would be sentencing people for their actions.


I'll believe it when I see it. The administration has openly defied the supreme court by saying a 9-0 decision against them is actually the court affirming their choices and decision.

So far the courts have shown themselves to be toothless.


You’re free to that opinion. I’m just pointing out it’s wrong. (A flat Earther may similarly claim they’ll “believe it when they see it.”)

The administration hasn’t defied SCOTUS, because SCOTUS didn’t order anything. People lying about what a court says while following its orders to the letter is pretty common.

The fun will start when those found in contempt are then pardoned.


I very much would like to be proven wrong.

It seems if these things are ever punished it is after years and totally out of the media lime light.

Hopefully you will hunt down my account and remind me because I will have doubtlessly forgotten by then, and be entertained.




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