[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

The court is knowingly using punishment by process. It knows Sullivan is out of line, it knows Flynn should have been out from under the government frameup since end of May, but now two courts, Sullivan and the DC Circuit think it better to hold up.

What if Sullivan, hoping to force Trump to pardon or commute before the election, proceeds to sentence Flynn?

[Cboldt]

-- What if Sullivan, hoping to force Trump to pardon or commute before the election, proceeds to sentence Flynn? --

Different thread, see post 104.

I'm not sure POTUS can pardon a court-initiated criminal contempt. Separation of powers. Each branch has some inherent power (Congress can jail for contempt, courts can jail for contempt) that other branches can't step on. POTUS pardon power is for CRIMES, and despite it's misleading name, criminal contempt is not a crime.

[Cboldt]

POTUS can pardon criminal contempt. Ex Parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 87 (1925)