Timeline for answer to What if the President defies Congress and the courts? by user6726
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| May 14, 2019 at 19:21 | comment | added | ohwilleke | @hszmv In constitutional theory, that is the main check on the otherwise, seemingly absolute and supreme judicial power. | |
| May 14, 2019 at 14:16 | comment | added | hszmv | Remember the Trail of Tears was declared Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but as Andrew Jackson supposedly quipped, "Let [Chief Justice at the time] enforce the ruling." Which of course was commentary on the fact that SCOTUS does not enforce the law. | |
| May 14, 2019 at 2:07 | comment | added | ohwilleke | I stand corrected on the existence of the post. You are right on that score. As the link indicates, however, the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court only maintains court security for the U.S. Supreme Court, and does not enforce court orders the way that the U.S. Marshall's service does. Really, the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court is what would usually be called a bailiff in other contexts (i.e. a court security officer). | |
| May 14, 2019 at 1:47 | comment | added | user6726 | Okay, well I didn't go beyond en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…; the statutory authority is law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/672 | |
| May 14, 2019 at 1:41 | comment | added | ohwilleke | Small nit. There is no marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Marshall's service which is the one primarily charged with enforcing federal court orders is organized at the federal court district level and is a division of the Department of Justice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service | |
| May 13, 2019 at 23:31 | history | answered | user6726 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |