James Boasberg: “The idea that because my written order was pithier it could be disregarded, that’s one heck of a stretch.”

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

Wouldn’t it have been a better course to return the planes around the United States as opposed to going forward and saying, ‘We don’t care, we’ll do what we want’?

Perhaps the biggest question surrounding these cases is whether the Supreme Court will stand behind the judges enforcing its rulings on the ground.

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