Amanda Frost

So I guess the first half of my definition of constitutional crisis has occurred, but the second half we have yet to see what will happen, which is will the other two branches, and particularly the courts, restrain or push back the executive? And we're beginning to see that happen.

So I guess the first half of my definition of constitutional crisis has occurred, but the second half we have yet to see what will happen, which is will the other two branches, and particularly the courts, restrain or push back the executive? And we're beginning to see that happen.

So I am deeply concerned, as I think every American should be, about the way in which executive power is being abused, misused, and overstepping the bounds of the authority. But I will say that as of today, at this moment, the Executive branch has not taken the position that it can violate court orders or that it does not need to comply with court orders.

So I am deeply concerned, as I think every American should be, about the way in which executive power is being abused, misused, and overstepping the bounds of the authority. But I will say that as of today, at this moment, the Executive branch has not taken the position that it can violate court orders or that it does not need to comply with court orders.

So I am deeply concerned, as I think every American should be, about the way in which executive power is being abused, misused, and overstepping the bounds of the authority. But I will say that as of today, at this moment, the Executive branch has not taken the position that it can violate court orders or that it does not need to comply with court orders.

So as long as we remain in a system in which the executive follows or at least states that it has to follow what a court says, I have hope that the system will hold.

So as long as we remain in a system in which the executive follows or at least states that it has to follow what a court says, I have hope that the system will hold.

So as long as we remain in a system in which the executive follows or at least states that it has to follow what a court says, I have hope that the system will hold.

Yes. So we go back way back into our country's history when the Supreme Court was very weak and a new institution at the start of our nation was We had Marbury v. Madison, where the Jefferson administration didn't even bother to show up in the Supreme Court to defend its position. And so that was a moment where we could have called that a constitutional crisis. The court was savvy.

Yes. So we go back way back into our country's history when the Supreme Court was very weak and a new institution at the start of our nation was We had Marbury v. Madison, where the Jefferson administration didn't even bother to show up in the Supreme Court to defend its position. And so that was a moment where we could have called that a constitutional crisis. The court was savvy.

Yes. So we go back way back into our country's history when the Supreme Court was very weak and a new institution at the start of our nation was We had Marbury v. Madison, where the Jefferson administration didn't even bother to show up in the Supreme Court to defend its position. And so that was a moment where we could have called that a constitutional crisis. The court was savvy.

It issued a decision that both declared its own power to stay what the law is and at the same time didn't require the executive to do anything to comply, which, of course, avoided the kind of crisis that would occur if the executive simply ignored the court.

It issued a decision that both declared its own power to stay what the law is and at the same time didn't require the executive to do anything to comply, which, of course, avoided the kind of crisis that would occur if the executive simply ignored the court.

It issued a decision that both declared its own power to stay what the law is and at the same time didn't require the executive to do anything to comply, which, of course, avoided the kind of crisis that would occur if the executive simply ignored the court.

First, I'll say it's shocking to hear J.D. Vance state that as if it's a positive thing. That is not a moment to have been celebrated, the fact that the president may have said, and the statement may have been apocryphal, but the president may have said that he would simply ignore a Supreme Court order. That is not a moment to be celebrated in our nation's constitutional history.

First, I'll say it's shocking to hear J.D. Vance state that as if it's a positive thing. That is not a moment to have been celebrated, the fact that the president may have said, and the statement may have been apocryphal, but the president may have said that he would simply ignore a Supreme Court order. That is not a moment to be celebrated in our nation's constitutional history.

First, I'll say it's shocking to hear J.D. Vance state that as if it's a positive thing. That is not a moment to have been celebrated, the fact that the president may have said, and the statement may have been apocryphal, but the president may have said that he would simply ignore a Supreme Court order. That is not a moment to be celebrated in our nation's constitutional history.

As for today, there's a number of mechanisms or tools courts have to enforce their orders. Things like subpoenaing government officials to come and explain themselves if they're not following orders, holding government officials in contempt, or fining individuals. All that said...

As for today, there's a number of mechanisms or tools courts have to enforce their orders. Things like subpoenaing government officials to come and explain themselves if they're not following orders, holding government officials in contempt, or fining individuals. All that said...

As for today, there's a number of mechanisms or tools courts have to enforce their orders. Things like subpoenaing government officials to come and explain themselves if they're not following orders, holding government officials in contempt, or fining individuals. All that said...