Barr isn’t the first powerful official to defy the courts and risk legitimizing contempt for the law

What happens to the rule of law when even the top law enforcement official in the land refuses to obey it?

That’s the question raised in a stinging rebuke of Attorney General William Barr and his Justice Department that came from an unusual source earlier this year: Federal Appeals Court Judge Frank Easterbrook.

Easterbrook excoriated Barr and the department for defying an order issued by his court. Continue reading.