“The court order, issued late Thursday, leaves room for Hickox to go outside but instructs her to stay away from public transit and workplaces, and not to leave the town of Fort Kent, where she has mostly been holed up in a house, without consulting with public health authorities.”
ANd if she doesn’t comply, then what?................they gonna use harsh words?
Make her sit in the comfy chair...
Some self-centered jerk who's been exposed to Ebola dies of something else, maybe flu or something. Causes a panic because nobody believes the feds anymore.
What is this woman thinking?
They can bring her up on contempt of court charges if she doesn’t comply.
. . . no, this takes it to a whole new level. You violate a court order, ugly things begin to happen. Ticking off a judge by ignoring his order is a really stupid idea - contempt, jail, fines . . . they don't take kindly to being flouted.
True story: my dad used to go fishing with a judge whose nickname was "Two Gun Charlie" because he presided with two loaded .44 Bulldog revolvers on the bench. He was a former Texas Ranger and Industrial League baseball umpire - built like a tank, steady gaze. I was about 6 years old and I was TERRIFIED of him. :-)
Once a lawyer brought the judge an ex parte order enjoining the National Labor Relations Board from setting foot in Early County Georgia. Judge signed it. The next week, a young man came to town looking for the judge and was directed to his home. The judge invited him in, offered him a "Co'Cola" and asked his business. Young man said, "My superiors have sent me to ask - very respectfully of course - by what authority you have ordered the NLRB not to set foot in Early County."
The judge fixed him with his steely gaze and said, very softly, "You may tell your superiors to violate that order . . . even a little bit . . . and they will see by what authority."
The young man stood up, said, "I think I am in the wrong place," and departed, leaving his coca-cola untouched.
They don't make Men like that any more! This is not a good picture but it gives you a general impression: