The federal judiciary cannot, or will not, compel this administration to adhere to the rule of law
September 22, 2026,
ICE violated nearly 100 federal court orders in MN in January, NYT reports, in an article based on interviews with judges there.
“The rule of law to democracy is like oxygen to a human body,” one explained (a G.W. Bush appointee). “If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism.”
He’s right, and as this reporting shows, the federal judiciary cannot, or will not, compel this administration to adhere to the rule of law.
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Sources: The New York Times (September 17, 2026), Reason, the full list of the 74 cases (January 30, 2026)