Genuine question...
What powers does the judge have if the Trump administration just ignore those orders?
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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Trump isn’t personally in charge of any of this shit, the NPS workers are going to comply with the order.
But if he tells them to ignore the order?
Does the judge have any real power to do anything?
I think the other poster is mostly right but they aren’t answering your real question. Nothing. The judiciary system has no power to genuinely restrain the president from continuing with an act, especially if the chain of command follows suit. If a large portion is captured (which in this case, it is) then the judges order become nothing but a list to possibly convict on after the power is transferred, if the power is transferred.
Well his name was removed from the Kennedy Center so someone is listening to the orders.
Was it though? So far all they've done is installed a tarp
There was a video from the side of the tarp showing letters being removed. Maybe it was Kennedy's name...
Do you honestly believe the majority of NPS staff will listen to Trump over a judge?
No idea. I was just wondering what actual power the judge has.
Trump can fire you, but the judge can put you in jail. Make your choice.
I feel like, considering how much Trump keeps stabbing the NPS workers in the knee, at least some of them might.
They did move the National Forest Service headquarters to Utah though. And I guess they “do things differently” around there
That's the thing. Our country has been running on Gentlemen's Agreements for the past 240 years or so.
All of that breaks down when people who aren't gentlemen take power. Until now the Administrative Branch would just comply with the Judicial Branch's court order because the Constitution says that's what you're supposed to do. Now? Who knows...
I think in general, an individual judge has the authority to compel the appearance of people directly involved in a lawsuit and to jail people for contempt. They can also issue warrants to have people arrested if they fail to appear, but I'm not sure what would happen if the police refuse to enforce the warrant. Judges may also have additional authority depending on the text of the law involved.
I heard a lawyer say that we have a phrase for when the executive branch defies the judicial branch: "Constitutional Crisis."
I think when you fill 6 spaces on your Constitutional Crisis punch card, you win another free Constitutional crisis.
This tyrant wants a legacy so badly but he can't make any decision stick for even 18 months.
He's trying to build his own monuments while he's alive because no one will build monuments to him after he's dead.
i'm sure we'll eventually get a Daughter's of the fifth reich type of organization to pop up and start funding memorials to Trump's fascist icons.
When he's out, we need to pass a law making it ILLEGAL to name anything after him - buildings, highways, airports, bridges, etc. How many tributes to Hitler do you see around Germany?
I saw a picture of a plaque in the White House that calls former President Biden "Sleepy Joe". Trump should be required to use appropriate and truthful language on that, as well.
I remember when George W Bush was elected, people were concerned about how he didn't conduct himself with the dignity that was expected of his office. But at least he wasn't pure trash like Trump is.
Is the law slowly, finally, catching up to this prick?
Making progress, yes. Catching up? Probably not. It will likely take years to undo all the damage they've done. And we're only a year and a half into the term. They're far from finished.
It does feel like he's run out of steam finally. He is an 80 year old dude, looks like he's had a stroke and sleeps during the day so 🤷♀️
That's the thing I love most about the Right.
The more they say they love America, the less they know about the actual history of the place.
Everything they know about history comes from country songs.
I was in another thread and someone told me that Nixon was the victim of a plot by 'legacy media.'
I miss the days of objective reality.
The only dark I like is when I turn off the light,
The only hood I like is pointy and white,
I don't trust you if I can't see your face at night,
I think we all know who we're talking abooooout.
DonOLD and his stupid cronies and his base are just petty bitter clingers.