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Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration

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Recent court orders have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary.

Legal experts say there are few options to force compliance with its pronouncements.

Judges could hold an agency or official in civil or criminal contempt but that's about it.

The most likely response would be to hold the agency acting in defiance of an order or ruling in civil contempt.

Some Republicans have defended the role of the federal judiciary or pushed back on the idea that the White House might defy rulings hamstringing Trump ’s agenda.

Cole : “If the president were to defy an order, it would cause a political firestorm,” Cole said.

Dorf said that the difference between how the Trump administration responded to adverse court rulings during the first term and now is “the complete acquiescence of congressional Republicans to Trump ”.

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