What Courts Can Do If the Trump Administration Defies Court Orders

[NJCher]

6. I'll be keeping this link handy

since there is so much misunderstanding about what the court can do. Actually, this is a fine collection of incidents where trump has already tested the waters and suffered repercussions.

Which makes me wonder why you would say this if you read your own article: I think it's quite obvious the con and [is] pushing us towards a constitutional crisis.

One of the most powerful tools the courts have is this:

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Penalties can include fines, but judges can also go as far as to suspend or disbar attorneys for their refusal to cooperate.

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Here is why: No attorney is going to risk his professional livelihood for dump, and now that dump's support from the SC indeed seems in jeopardy, an attorney will take it even more seriously before proceeding with his squirrely ideas, like claiming that Biden didn't know what he was signing.

Here's what attorneys go through to be attorneys: My neighbor is licensed in the State of NJ. However, because we are in proximity to NYC, he thought it would be good to be licensed in NY, too. So he decided to take the NY Bar. Here's what he had to do:

--go on hiatus from his current employment to study all day for weeks. NY law, which he found out is fairly inapplicable because the exam is based on law from the 1800s! So while he found it interesting, just out of curiosity, he didn't see how he would ever make use of it.

--the exam is given only every six months or so, so all the seats in NYC go to NYC residents. If you're from another area, you have to go to Albany to take the exam, which takes four days. Necessitates nearly a week in a hotel. So in addition to the $1000+ you spend to take the exam, you can now tack on another $1200 for a hotel.

--transportation? He decided to rent a car, since he had a feeling something was wonky on his personal car. Another $800 or so. Maybe more.

So you see, we are now at $3000, not counting the time he didn't get paid from his regular work. I would guess you could easily double that figure and call it a $6000 career enhancement.

Plus the bar exams are hard, and NY is notoriously difficult. JFK, Jr. failed it. Hillary Clinton failed the one in DC. Michelle Obama failed one in Illinois on her first attempt.

Risking your license is not worth it for dump.

In conclusion, he may find it very difficult to get attorneys or even those left in the DOJ to pursue his foolish ideas.