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Not just the power to arrest people. The power to break into citizens residences and use force. All done with just a permission slip they give themselves. No judicial warrant involved. No oversight. It is not overstating it to to say this is unprecedented violation of constitutional rights within the lifetimes of everyone currently alive (WWII internment camp survivors excepted).

This is being done right now and has been done for weeks. It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.

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> The power to break into citizens residences

It was already ruled unconstitutional about 2 weeks ago:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26503916-ice-mn-garr...

If you think the courts are going to keep letting it happen anyway without any consequences... have some faith. Justice moves slowly but hope is not lost.

I'll relax when it gets through SCOTUS (who has overturned nearly 90% of lower conservative court rulings to be in Trump's favor) and not a moment before.

I’ll relax when the state courts get jurisdiction over rogue federal employees.

I hope you are right, but the administration does not tend to follow court orders. They break the law and then use every legal mechanism at their disposal to slow walk cases through the system. And then, as I say, they do not follow rulings except under the most extreme pressure.

Sadly paywalled and [dead] on HN, still:

The Department of Justice Ignores Court Orders Because It Knows It Can https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832063

https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/the-department-of-justi...

points out a current trend.

I have about as much faith in the courts ability to actually walk any of this back as I do in their ability to return the families they have kidnapped from my community.

Sorry if I'm skeptical.

Thanks for posting that link, but after reading it, I'm not nearly as hopeful as you are:

> Also on January 12, 2026, the Court ordered Respondents to respond to the Petition by January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., certifying the true cause and proper duration of Petitioner’s confinement and showing cause as to why the writ should not be granted in this case. Respondents entered an appearance that day but have not filed any response to the Petition.

The government didn't even bother responding to the habeas petition because they knew what they were doing was unconstitutional, but it still successfully sows fear.

Worse, ICE detained the man again less than 24 hours after he was released on the judge's orders and called it a "mistake": https://youtu.be/jmoF63Msk0Y

I know who the domestic terrorists are, and it sure as hell isn't Renee Good or Alex Pretti.

I'm waiting for the bingo card-filling 3a violations when they can't stay at a Hilton.

It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.

Except in Maine, where GOP Senator Susan Collins is up for re-election, so Trump ended ICE operation Catch-of-the-Day there and let her take credit.

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/29/how-donald-trump-hand...

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