When we asked you, readers of CNN.com and the What Matters newsletter for your questions about the whirlwind of news that has been Trump 2.0, thousands rolled in.

As the cases progress, and judges have issued orders halting overreach on the part of Musk and Trump, a growing chorus on the right are urging them to ignore the courts. For constitutional and government scholars, this would be a fundamental step from democracy toward autocracy.

Judges have a range of tools for enforcing their orders in the face of noncompliance.

Despite recent court rulings calling for an end to the Trump administration’s sweeping pause on federal grants, numerous recipients are not getting their promised cash from the government. The administration is still not forking over money for congressionally funded programs ranging from electric vehicle charging to abandoned mine cleanup to wildfire mitigation.