A federal judge recently found the Interior Department to be in contempt of court. Interior has ignored the judge's order overturning the administration's ban on offshore drilling, and the judge is not happy about it. I'm don't know if such a contempt order has any teeth. Can Ken Salazar be marched out of his office in cuffs? One can only hope.
The administration is also ignoring Judge Vinson's ruling on the health care bill. I haven't yet heard about a contempt order from Vinson, but I suspect it's coming.
Can an administration simply ignore the law and get away with it? When an administration effectively says to a judge "We don't like your ruling, so screw you", is there any recourse for the courts? Is the executive branch above the law?
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