The rule of law depends on obedience to judicial orders," DC Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard wrote in her dissent.

On August 8, in a two-to-one decision, a Trump-dominated federal appeals court blocked a district court’s criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration for disappearing people to El Salvador in apparent violation of a lower court’s temporary injunction. “The district court’s order raises troubling questions about judicial control over core executive functions like the…

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