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by jjallen 148 days ago
Not sure why anyone thinks a judges order is worth anything in the USA anymore. I am not reassured at all.
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They're not enforced any more. The administration can just ignore it.
If that were the case things would look very different.
Like what would that look like? US citizens being shot in the back of the head by government agents? On a weekly basis?
I mean you just have to look at all of the things that have been blocked by the courts in the last year. Deportations without access to counsel, federalized national guards, a variety of interim appointments...

And before you go there, yes, I am aware the administration has ignored court orders and played dumb afterward. That doesn't mean they've successfully ignored most judicial decisions.