Do you predict the SC will taken action if this administration fails to adhere to their rulings? If so, how effective can the SC actually be? Maybe the 'ignoring' will set a bad example for future administrations to follow suit, esp. with no repercussions for doing so? Opens the door.
That's exactly right Sharon. If the President can effectively ignore a SCOTUS ruling, there are only limited remedies available to them.
One is punitive fines that will likely be paid from the treasury and not out of Trump's pocket, the other, is incarceration which is legally murky because it hasn't been done before and would effectively hinder the executive branch from functioning. Not that you can say it's functioning very well right now anyway.
But if left unchecked without any real repercussions, it's one step closer to effectively being a dictatorship. Because if it were you or me that defied a court order, we'd be locked up in a New York minute. But who exactly is going to arrest the President?
Justice delayed is justice denied as they say, so you can bet Kilmar Ábrego García is going to be suing the Federal government for all its worth if he ever gets back.
That is the whole point though, Trump is going to push the boundaries of what's legal and what he can get away with, hoping by the time the courts deal with it, it will be a moot point or too late to do anything about.
That includes everything from individuals being wrongfully extradited to corrupt actions designed to enrich the president and his cronies, to starting a war/incursion of some sort.
When there are no guardrails, anything can happen and likely will.
Hmmm, one example surely opens the door for others, of course. I can see Congress down the road making sweeping changes to take back some of their own powers with checks and balances with the 'three branches' of Gov't. The SCOTUS has no power to enforce any rulings, and that is a problem.
Do you predict the SC will taken action if this administration fails to adhere to their rulings? If so, how effective can the SC actually be? Maybe the 'ignoring' will set a bad example for future administrations to follow suit, esp. with no repercussions for doing so? Opens the door.
That's exactly right Sharon. If the President can effectively ignore a SCOTUS ruling, there are only limited remedies available to them.
One is punitive fines that will likely be paid from the treasury and not out of Trump's pocket, the other, is incarceration which is legally murky because it hasn't been done before and would effectively hinder the executive branch from functioning. Not that you can say it's functioning very well right now anyway.
But if left unchecked without any real repercussions, it's one step closer to effectively being a dictatorship. Because if it were you or me that defied a court order, we'd be locked up in a New York minute. But who exactly is going to arrest the President?
Justice delayed is justice denied as they say, so you can bet Kilmar Ábrego García is going to be suing the Federal government for all its worth if he ever gets back.
That is the whole point though, Trump is going to push the boundaries of what's legal and what he can get away with, hoping by the time the courts deal with it, it will be a moot point or too late to do anything about.
That includes everything from individuals being wrongfully extradited to corrupt actions designed to enrich the president and his cronies, to starting a war/incursion of some sort.
When there are no guardrails, anything can happen and likely will.
Hmmm, one example surely opens the door for others, of course. I can see Congress down the road making sweeping changes to take back some of their own powers with checks and balances with the 'three branches' of Gov't. The SCOTUS has no power to enforce any rulings, and that is a problem.