Contempt

A "case cruncher" on the legal doctrine governing the state secrets privilege, and a Table containing senior government officials' public acknowledgments.

On the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders

Federal courts possess a number of tools to ensure the U.S. government is held responsible for failing to enforce or execute court orders.

Addressing the Trump administration's theories for why it did not violate a court order by deporting Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador.

Timeline of the Trump administration sending hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador compared to the timing of the federal court proceedings.

I argued the Holtzman case. Nothing in Holtzman v. Schlesinger suggests that the military, acting under Presidential instructions, is empowered to ignore court orders.

It is easy, especially for litigation-minded lawyers, to focus the most attention on investigation enforcement mechanisms like contempt, but in Congress the vast majority of enforcement…

Explaining former President Donald Trump's gag order in his New York criminal trial, the alleged violations, and the legal framework.

While Crow may feel bullied, and Leo may feel that the inquiry is ill-intentioned, as a matter of law the two are obliged to comply anyway.

The contempt cases may assist the Special Prosecutor's Office and the judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in carrying out their mandates and building the judicial record.

On June 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order authorizing the imposition of sanctions targeting International Criminal Court officials. This article assesses the…

The measure would keep Trump’s lawyers from participating in the impeachment process if the White House continues to refuse to produce documents and bar witnesses from testifying,…