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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

The executive and judicial branches are locked in an escalating showdown, and it remains to be seen whether the tools that courts have at their disposal are enough to restrain Trump. Legal expert Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff breaks down the power struggle between the judiciary and the executive branch in a must-read Q&A with The Big Picture. Check it out here. 👉 thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p

thinkbigpicture.substack.comThe Looming Constitutional Showdown Between Trump And The CourtsThe power of contempt is an important judicial tool...but will it restrain Trump at all?
Apr 01, 2025, 19:08 · · · Web · 37 · 44

@georgetakei unless and until it gets backed up with jail time, I don't see this administration being restrained by anyone.

@georgetakei
Start locking up administration members

@georgetakei

Can they?

Simple answer.

They'd better.

@georgetakei “The issue of the U.S. Marshal Service is more difficult. Federal marshals are the law enforcement officials who protect and support the federal judiciary but they are part of the Executive Branch, a bureau within the Department of Justice. “

I have always thought this needed to change. The judiciary must be in charge of their own enforcers for this very reason.