And, as you note in your other scenarios, that makes her an instant martyr and public hero.
It would be even more interesting if the people ordered to arrest her declined to comply.
This points out both the actual weakness of the Court, and the reality of what they do. The Court has no real inherent power to compel enforcement of its decrees. It only has the power of its ability to get other branches to cooperate. This power evaporates like the dew on the grass on a sunny day, if the other branches really don't like the decision.
What we really have is the Court as a branch of the Elites, giving the orders that the other branches don't dare to, with the other branches cooperating in the game by saying "We really don't want to, but IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND now".
True on that.
The difference is that a contempt citation issued by a judge isn’t as likely to have the political impacts of either an indictment by the KY AG, or an attempt at impeachment.
There’s no way that an impeachment gets off the ground. Jack Conway, the AG) can indict, but the moment he does he loses the governors race. AND there’s an excellent chance that if it goes to trial shell be acquitted via jury nullification.