In Re: Leon A. Kendall v.

OPINION

(April 3, 2013)

SMITH, Circuit Judge

As Alexander Hamilton famously explained, courts have “no influence over either the sword or the purse.” The Federalist No. 78 (Alexander Hamilton). They have “neither FORCE nor WILL but merely judgment.” Id. Except for the persuasiveness of their decisions, courts can compel obedience to their orders only through their inherent power of contempt. Int’l Union of United Mine Workers of Am. v. Bagwell, 512 U. S. 821, 831, 114 S. Ct. 2552, 129 L. Ed. 2d 642 (1994) (describing the “inherent contempt authority” as a power “necessary to the exercise of all…