James Boasberg: “Wouldn’t it have been a better course to return the planes around the United States as opposed to going forward and…”

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.

We don’t care, we’ll do what we want.

Worse, the government defied the court’s order deliberately and gleefully.

The Trump administration’s willful and knowing actions here constitute probable cause for a finding of contempt.