Childs said the court's majority has trampled on Boasberg's authority "in a way that will affect not only these contempt proceedings but will also echo in future proceedings against all litigants." "
Now, any litigant can argue, based on their preferred interpretation of a court's order, that they did not commit contempt before contempt findings are even made," Childs wrote in her 80-page dissent...
"There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas' dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will," Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote. "The Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/13/court-blocks-dojs-probe-of-fed-chair-jerome-powell-00828448
Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the administration to pay for airfare and provide documents to facilitate travel for any of 137 deported men who are currently outside Venezuela...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/trump-boasberg-venezuela-deportations-00778458
After lawyers for the men rushed to court overnight to stop the deportations, Boasberg attempted to halt the operation, citing grave concerns about the lack of due process. But the administration refused to turn around planes that had already left U.S. airspace and ultimately handed over the Venezuelan men, despite protests that they had been misidentified…
