James Boasberg: “Worse, the government defied the court’s order deliberately and gleefully.”

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’?

We don’t care, we’ll do what we want.

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.