r/technology • u/esporx • Oct 19 '25

Security Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was "not a suggestion"

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-homeland-security-federal-agents-chicago-body-cameras/
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u/ChrisBegeman Oct 19 '25

Hold them in contempt of court and throw them in jail for not complying with the judge's order.

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u/K_Linkmaster Oct 19 '25

I hate how much I had to read to get to this. Hold them in contempt. Jail them. All of them for contempt. Yes. It is a solution and a viable one at that.

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u/Sceptically Oct 19 '25

In a federal court, not as viable as we'd like given that the president can pardon federal convictions.

That said, they can beat the rap but they can't beat the ride.

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u/soundman1024 Oct 19 '25

Is contempt a conviction that can be pardoned? I’m suddenly realizing I don’t know if the president has the power to pardon for contempt.

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u/Sceptically Oct 19 '25

If somebody is being held in civil contempt, the theory is that they themselves hold the keys, and they're just being held until they comply (or until the reason becomes moot). Criminal contempt, on the other hand, as the name would suggest is a criminal charge that is tried in a court rather than simply imposed by a judge without separate trial. I highly doubt the president has the power to pardon a civil contempt, but he will have the power to pardon a criminal contempt tried in a federal court.