The White House extended executive privilege as a feint to protect Attorney General Eric Holder from a contempt of Congress charge (which may still proceed); should the full Congress press the charge, federal statute mandates that the justice department (which Eric Holder leads) convene a grand jury to prosecute it.
Once an order is in place, any parent who removes their child in breach of the order is committing a contempt of court for which they could be imprisoned.
He was aware of the law, without having understood what it was there for: "I have to be super careful, you see… they put me under a contempt of court charge, which could mean that I could face prison, or I'm on a suspended sentence because they don't want people reporting…".
To the Editor: In his review of "Does Jesus Really Love Me?," Dan Savage may be guilty of the same condescension and contempt of which he accuses its author, Jeff Chu.
Michael Howard, the former Tory leader and an ex-home secretary, said the decision to arrest Green could be seen as a "contempt of parliament" – an offence against parliament which in the pre-democratic age would result in culprits being jailed – and he said that there were "real questions" about the incident for Brown to answer.
After Madame returns to her extravagant room — littered, now, with the dreams Solange and Claire must keep silent — she immediately plunges into what she knows: abuse, control, contempt, all of which Blanchett has imitated perfectly and, in her fever, misinterpreted, too.
Misleading a select committee constitutes contempt of Parliament, which can have very serious consequences".
"Failure to abide by the notice will be considered as contempt of court, which is a criminal offence".
The ICO has ordered the US tech giant to destroy all relevant data disks before the end of July or be deemed in contempt of court, which is a criminal offence.
He added: "It is very worrying in that it effectively negates the section 5 'discussion of public affairs' defence in contempt of court which is at the heart of the 1981 act and which balances freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial.
