The big question hanging over top Justice Department official Emil Bove’s nomination to a prestigious appeals court judgeship is whether he actually suggested the Trump DOJ might simply ignore court orders.

Judge Paula Xinis proposed a 48-hour hold on deporting Abrego Garcia from the United States again, but the government refused to agree to those terms.

The Supreme Court has issued back-to-back orders allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants to South Sudan — a move that has likely laid the groundwork for the Trump administration to remove Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country,

Throughout Monday’s hearing, lawyers for the administration repeatedly refused to provide answers to some very straightforward questions.