The Week Ahead
The Week Ahead March 16, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 17 It’s going to be an eventful week. That’s already clear. Chief among the issues is whether this is the week we reach the tipping point where the administration flagrantly ignores a federal court’s order, and we begin to see the ensuing constitutional crisis , which would be full blown at that point, play out. It’s not a prospect any of us relish focusing on, but nothing gets better just because you look the other way. Every federal prosecutor, really every lawyer, understands this one basic rule: If a court orders you to do something, you do it. If you don’t like the ruling, you can appeal it at the appropriate time, but unless and until that order is reversed, like it or not, you must obey it. Democracy flows from this basic underpinning of the rule of law. It guarantees certainty and clarity so that people can contract, invest, feel safe, trust government—because everyone must follow the same laws. If Trump busts that covenant ...