It would fall to the U.S. Marshals Service — which is part of the Department of Justice — to enforce a judge’s order. But “if Trump wanted to fully not comply, he could direct the Department of Justice not to comply. At that point, you have a full-on constitutional crisis,” Gertner said.

“Congress, ultimately, is the arm of our government that enacts statutes. And if the president is claiming authority under a statute to do X and Congress disagrees, Congress can amend the statute and say, you don’t have the power,” she said.

However, Republicans, faithful to Trump, control both the House and Senate, so opposition is unlikely.

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Kristin Hickman, a professor of administrative law at the University of Minnesota Law School, urges caution on talk of a constitutional crisis.

    The Trump administration is still entrenched in legal fights in the lower courts and, so far, has not defied any orders from the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court, she noted.

    “We’re not there yet and we have no guarantee we’re ever going to get there. It is not healthy for our body politic for us to overreact and roll around a lot of overheated rhetoric,” she said.

    Yes, let’s us frogs continue to sit in the pot of water, doing nothing, as it gets closer and closer to boiling. It’s worked out well so far, so we should definitely double down on that strategy.

    Idiot.

    • pelespiritOPMEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Yeah, I ignored all of that because we are absolutely there.