The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.
According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.
The law nerd in me is intrigued by the idea of a Third Amendment issue arising in the wild.
The citizen in me is horrified that they’d even fucking try.
Good to know that a Stetson University law degree isn’t worth the paper its printed on.
Yeah what you need to do is 2nd amendment some of those house invaders under the castle doctrine of your State
By the time they enter, if they do, it will no longer be my home. It will belong to my estate. Fuck this admin. I hope we survive is and learn from it, at least until the next century when we will have forgotten about it again.
A “memo”. A fucking memo. No, this is a violation of the Constitution. Fuck your memo.
No they can’t, at least legally.
I know they want to be like their idols in the Gestapo, but things quite there yet. Although it’s getting very close.
There is no “legal” in America now. RESIST
Well, thats one way to get rid of them. Cleaning up the mess is on you though
Having read the title and also the whole article… Let me say. The fuck no you can’t. Let’s get letigious or let’s get the vests. I’ve got over 200 years of jurisprecisence and the moral high road. We can skip the cultural perogative if you really want to. Or in this case you can endorse it. It doesn’t matter to me. as a cisgender white male and, and prolific gun owner, who is utterly tired of this already, let’s fuckin go. I’ve been waiting and i’ve finally got the perfect set up to tell you how many ways you can blow it out your ass.
Disgusting anti American anti constitutional blowhards all of them.
Love this energy. Get litigious first. The thugs like violence, but they cant win at court - at least not without their favourite judges.
This prescident isn’t giving time to be litigious first. They will be in your home before you can dial 911, whom is likely helping this happen.
Yeah. Be ready ofc
LOL “anti American”
It is the most american thing ever.
Incidentally, it’s perfectly legal to own a mounted gatling gun on top the of your property.
The second amendment says that they can’t
The 2nd is most definitely a recommendation that they tread pretty damn lightly with this one.
Ok let me get this straight. There’s no legal migrant anymore?
When did they mention migrants at all? The way this is written up is that anyone can be acted upon, all it requires is a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang. And lets face it, if they have their way no one will be checking anyone’s documents before, during or after these raids.
actually anyone can be “considered illegal” they left enough vagueness in the policy.
Any law, rule or regulation that violates the constitution is invalid. The Supreme Court has ruled on this in multiple cases. Unless Congress passes a constitutional amendment that eliminates the 4th amendment, the executive branch must abide by the law as it’s written. The executive branch has no authority to make, change or interpret law.
Edit: A lot of laws and constitutional amendments have been made since the 1798 Alien Enemies Act was passed. The 13th Amendment banned slavery (with a loophole) The 14th Amendment gave equal protection under the law among other things. The 1964 Civil Rights Act made it a crime to discriminate based on race and national origin, which pretty much destroys the Alien Enemies Act. No altering the enforcement of our laws based on where the person came from or what they look like.
Correct. At this point a few ICE agents need to be treated as armed intruders and dealt with.
We don’t do this in an armed society … it’s why we are armed.
It’s a bold move Cotton, let’s see how this test of the 2nd amendment plays out.
“Hiel Trump” is required when people meet in public or private. Any hesitation must be treated with aggressive concern and reported to all, immediately. This is the only way to keep America safe from (insert current list of threats).
Republicans would have turned in Anne Frank. This is truly some gestapo shit.
Republicans would be the ones looking for Anne Frank.
The hypotheticals have run out of runway. They’re here.
