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Only two months into the Trump administration, there have been over 45 cases where courts have blocked unlawful actions of the Trump-Vance administration. In the majority of these
cases, the government has taken appropriate steps to implement the courts’ directives. However, in some cases, the Trump administration has tried to dodge the court’s meaning while
still claiming to comply. This has brought new attention to options to enforce compliance. This memo explains how the judiciary possesses a number of tools to force intransigent litigants to comply with court orders.