[Uncle Sham]

Co-Equal means what it says. The Executive Branch gets to have it's opinion as well. If it's opinion is different from that of the Judicial branch, there is NOTHING the Judicial branch can do to impose it's opinion other than make rulings. If the issue is important enough, Congress can legislate an opinion to solve the issue but they don't necessarily have to address it at all. In this case, the Executive branch, being the enforcement branch can do what it damn well pleases.

Remember, the courts are LIMITED to that which is brought before them. They cannot rule willy nilly just because they have an opinion on something, especially if that something hasn't been brought to them for a ruling.

[palmer]

Well for your first paragraph, I would certainly expect that the executive would follow the rulings of the judiciary. That’s just common sense. Without that, we have no protection from executive overreach. For your second paragraph I agree. Even with cases brought before them, there are jurisdiction questions. No federal judge in East Podunk should be able to rule on the entire US.