“…at their peril“:

“Lockheed Martin will give into the administration and ignore the law at their peril,” Graham warned. I asked what happens if the president attempts to reimburse them? “If he tries to go through Congress, well, that’ll never happen.” And if he tries to reallocate funds? “We would shut that down. The Constitution has a balance of powers for a reason. Congressional law cannot be unilaterally discarded by the executive branch.” Indeed, congressional Republicans will perhaps have an easier time controlling the purse strings than they have in reversing the White House’s course. In August, the Democratic senate voted down an effort led by Graham to force defense contractors to comply with the law, when the senate’s Appropriations Committee rejected by 17-13 an amendment that would have overruled the Labor Department’s advisory.

This is the most outrageous flouting of the law yet. It is shameful that Lockheed Martin is being put in this position, but if I were them, I’d obey the law. Morality aside, they can’t count on this administration coming to their rescue later. It’s clear that it, and the Democrat Party in general, has zero integrity.