Pasayten's Methow Valley Bulletin Board

I think there are some intermediate steps but that is basically where we'll end up.

A Federal Judge can deputize local law enforcement (say the DC Metro Police) to enforce court orders and contempt citations. They could also go to state courts to seize assets of people found in contempt.

It isn't going to be a stable situation if the Republican Administration is flouting court orders and expects everyone else to comply with them.

Elon Musk is mad at Judge McConnell's decision to unfreeze federal grants...so he posted on his account at X a picture of his daughter, her full name, her position of where she works and a page of a signed tax statement she filed. The judge's daughter. There you have it, a target on the Judge's daughter.

This is called stochastic terrorism.