James Boasberg: “We don’t care, we’ll do what we want.”

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.

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

Judges should not work from a desired outcome in assessing the law and facts.