No. of Recommendations: 5
If the Administration refused to comply with a direct judicial order, the court could issue an affirmative injunction forcing payment of the funds directly and start imposing civil and criminal sanctions against the agencies and the individuals in the government that were violating the order. The criminal contempt sanctions are subject to the pardon power, but the civil ones are not.
That's good info. But who enforces the payment, and who enforces the penalties? Is it not the Executive? If so, what reason would they have to obey the order?
Up until recently, it was respect for the system that made stuff like that happen. The Constitution is just a piece of parchment, but it's the agreement to follow it that makes it "in force". When one branch decides they don't like something, a second branch says they won't lose sleep over it (a recent quote from a congress-slime), does it matter that the third branch says "hey, you can't do that"?
Serious question. Not trying to be argumentative or hyperbolic.
