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In reply to the discussion: **Breaking** Trump's communications w foreign leader part of controversial whistleblower complaint [View all]ancianita
(38,848 posts)what powers do courts have.
Law will not enforce itself.
So who do courts send out to enforce their rulings on subpoenas, or just their rulings -- who forcibly collects the fines, makes the arrests, and where are the scofflaws detained.
The People's House and SCOTUS are stymied by law enforcement controlled by only one branch. The president's. The FBI won't act independently. The DNI won't act independently.
That's the current state of impotence in two branches of this government. Two and a half.
In that context, loyalties to the rule of men over oaths to the rule of law -- where the "acting" cabinet is led by one man under "privilege" claims -- adhering to law or the Constitution is only as good as its enforcement.
There is no power without enforcement of it.