Judge can jail Trump officials — and he's 'calling the government’s bluff': analysis

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has the tools to proceed with criminal contempt charges against President Donald Trump's administration — and can also enforce a sentence if they are found guilty, a legal analyst said Wednesday.

Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern addressed Boasberg's ruling regarding the government's response to his court order.

The issue involved deportation flights to El Salvador that the judge ordered to turn around and return to the United States. The judge...