Sure. That's 5 minutes a day he's not doing something else ~110 hours, if he were to do that every morning between now and when his term ends bsky.app/profile/benh...

Jesus, that’s more than 30 rounds of golf! No way that’s happening. (cron + the autopen will fix that, sadly.)

Yep. Immigration court is an "Article I" court, b/c it's a tribunal created to help carry out an enumerated power of Congress bsky.app/profile/tkna...

I stand corrected -- and turns out the immigration system is even more f*cked up than I thought 😬 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/reic...

Right, so they're Article II courts...

@gregdoucette.bsky.social > The judiciary's contempt authority is inherent. Nothing stops them from enlisting state/local law enforcement to arrest executive contemnors Is the latter really true? Honest question. Interesting! I am aware of the option of using a private prosecutor, but […]

it is shenanigans all day in there, Sally has horror stories.

Greg. The level of fucked up is frankly astounding.

This brings up a question I've had for close to a decade now: Is there a way a law could be structured that would convert them to Article III, thereby requiring the same rules of evidence and procedure as federal courts?

Actually, no, immigration courts are not even Article 1 courts. Immigration judges are technically DOJ attorneys, not even ALJs. There was a big push for years to make them an Article 1 court, since that would insulate them somewhat from political interference, but no bill ever passed.

That's why their "hearings" right

And considering he’s only willing to work maybe an a hour a day, that 5 minutes is more significant than it appears.

Do pardons preclude suspension of law licenses or disbarment?

I would assume not, since all he can do is pardon federal crimes. The President has no authority over who gets to keep their law license or disbarment proceedings, neither of those things are a criminal matter.

also I feel like at least one lawyer will appreciate that autocorrect tried to change "disbarment" to "disharmony"

Causing disharmony, via disbarment, for complicit DOJ lawyers would not be dissatisfying.

Oh, thank God

Do judges have any role in referring disbarments? I think threatening their ability to earn a living would be a shit-ton more motivating than possibly-toothless contempt orders.

Yes. Judges can refer attorneys to standing committees in their own districts and send notices to the bar for consideration of discipline. But they can’t force the bar to act. Florida has been saying they won’t open a case on an elected federal official.

Fellow named Emil Bove has coerced his subordinates into breaking oaths beyond question. He want elected to anything. There’s an example to make.

Him getting confirmed would/will be a nightmare. Him getting treated like Bork shouldn’t be controversial. But I have little hope.