Amid an epidemic of liberal hand-wringing over the prospect of a “constitutional crisis,” Politico wonders what might happen “If Trump Defies the Courts,” as a headline today puts it. In that event, Politico suggests, “Here’s What a Judge Can Do.” It goes on to offer insights from a federal judge on handling a hypothetical defiance. Yet of all the Article III jurists Politico could have consulted on this head, whose idea was it to interview Judge Shira Scheindlin?

It’s not our intention here to endorse the practice of defying a federal court order. These columns marked that point when President Biden, despite an adverse ruling by the Supreme Court on his student loan amnesty scheme, announced that “today’s decision has closed one path,” so “now we’re going to pursue another.” When the Nine ruled against Mr. Biden on affirmative action, he retorted, “this is not a normal court” — and pursued workarounds.