A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant detainees, who have flooded federal courts in California with thousands of petitions for freedom.
If only judges had some way of making sure that there was a punishment if the people in charge try to ignore their rulings. We could give it a cool name like “contempt”.
If only judges had some way of making sure that there was a punishment if the people in charge try to ignore their rulings. We could give it a cool name like “contempt”.
The issue is that these are federal judges. Enforcement of contempt charges falls to the DoJ at that level.
Yes, but they could at least do the bare minimum and file the charges.