James Boasberg: “Judges should not work from a desired outcome in assessing the law and facts.”

If the DOJ refuses, federal law empowers me to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the defendants for contempt instead, as the interest of justice requires.

The government was already hustling migrants onto planes, betraying a desire to outrun the equitable reach of the judiciary.

This Court found that the subpoenas were meant to harass Powell and to pressure him to truckle to the President’s policy preferences.

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