Twenty-seven year old Saint Anselm college graduate Karoline Leavitt possesses the two most important qualifications for serving as press secretary to the president. First, she’s loyal. Second, she’s shameless. This isn’t to say these are bad things, at least as far as being press secretary goes, but the one thing she is not is a lawyer. Not that it stops her from authoritatively stating the law.

Putting the conclusory word salad aspect of Leavitt’s statement aside, what she appears to be saying is that District of Columbia Chief Judge James Boasberg lacks jurisdiction to issue the order to return Venezuelans removed under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to the United States because, inter alia, they were outside the country and, thus, beyond his jurisdiction.

Her purpose in claiming this was to assert that Trump did not “refuse to comply” with Judge Boasberg’s order, but that his order issued too late as the Venezuelans “had already been removed U.S. territory.” This is, of course, utter nonsense. The actions of the United States of America are always subject to the jurisdiction of American courts no matter where they occur.

To be fair, Leavitt would have no clue whether the words she uttered were legally correct or unadulterated nonsense. She graduated from Saint Anselm’s with a bachelor’s degree in communication and politics in 2019, that being the end of her education. No law school. No legal experience. No basis upon which to claim knowledge or experience with any aspect of her statement. And yet, here we are, the press secretary to the president putting legal gibberish into the ether to cover up the president’s refusal to comply with the order of the court.

And then there’s Judge Leo Sorkin’s order enjoining the removal of Brown University kidney transplant surgeon and professor, Dr. Rasha Alawieh. While not being given as much air time, the Trump administration has failed to comply by putting the H-1B visa holder who has done absolutely nothing to warrant removal, on a plane after denying her re-entry and putting her on a plane despite the order.

The big question now is what the court will do about it, and whether the court can do anything about it. Denials aside, the crisis has begun.