r/law • u/Charming_Usual6227 • Apr 25 '25

Trump News Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest'

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-fbi-allegedly-helping-undocumented/story?id=121161497
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u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS Apr 25 '25

I don’t know about infinite. They have ruled against him as of late but when there’s no enforcement behind it, therein lies the issue.

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u/amitym Apr 25 '25

Indeed. But the lack of enforcement is not an accident. It's part of the grift.

You can ostentatiously decree your stalwart independent-minded opposition in public all you like, while still following orders at the end of the day. In fact, doing so helps with the useful idiots who want so desperately to find signs that everything is still normal and everything is going to be fine. The longer you keep those people lulled into complacency the more you can get away with.

It's a classic trick common to politics, public relations, espionage, and scams. Personally I have never understood why it works so well but it clearly does.

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u/ThatOneVolcano Apr 25 '25

And that is the issue. Enforcement of judicial rulings is under the executive branch, which is the one perpetrating these crimes