“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia wrote in an opinion finding the Trump administration in criminal contempt for hastily deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members in defiance of a temporary restraining order.
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia wrote in an opinion finding the Trump administration in criminal contempt for hastily deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members in defiance of a temporary restraining order.
