James Boasberg: “Perhaps the biggest question surrounding these cases is whether the Supreme Court will stand behind the judges enforcing…”

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

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

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 Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.