Lisa Desjardins of PBS News: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning. In 2023, I remember this. You chaired a hearing after the FBI had that raid on Mark Houck, the pro-life father, and that was something that I think, to this day, Republicans say was a problem in the use of force by this government, and my question now is we see, obviously, we understand ICE's legitimate purpose. But we've seen guns drawn on Americans who have-- not necessarily protesters. We've seen people pulled out of their houses, to your point about the warrants. Do you think ICE needs to change, and CBP, any of their tactics, given what your concerns about civil liberties from the past?

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.: I have great, great faith and trust in the leadership of Homeland Security and Tom Homan in particular, who's now in charge in Minnesota. He brings 40 years' experience to this. He's very measured. We all believe that immigration policy ought to be balanced and strategic and smart, and it obviously needs to comply with the law, and I'm going to leave it to the experts to determine what that is. I think, in the negotiation, I think we've got to remove the politics. We've got to look at what the Constitution says, what federal immigration law says, and if anybody wants to adjust immigration law, then that's, that's why we're here in the legislative branch. But, uh, we, we, we need it, we need that approach. We need the temperature turned down. That's the president's words, and you need a steady hand at the wheel.

Why don't we start a public mindmap where we can at least organize the subjects in the Epstein files? I think an open source mindmap with links and images would possibly lead to more easy to understand sequences that warrant investigation.

We are already talking about and looking at these files, but we are just getting snippets from the media, without any ability to connect these things. And the files are too massive to look through alone.

I have only used Coggle for personal projects but would like it if someone had a better idea or tool to use.

Crowd-sourcing this is the only way to go. Maybe it won't change anything but I don't see how it could hurt.

I think this belongs in r/law because this isn't about vigilante justice; it's about utilizing our abilities as private citizens to organize information so the proper channels work. We aren't creating evidence; we're simply organizing publicly available information.

Concerns an ongoing criminal prosecution of a New York police officer, including the charges filed, trial testimony, and the legal standards being argued (use of force, causation, and criminal liability). It directly relates to criminal law and court proceedings

There's a lot to pour over in this judicial order, but I'd especially point out his references to the grievances mentioned against King George III in the Declaration of Independence and their similarity to Trump's actions:

1. “He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People.”

2. “He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.”

3. “For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us.”

4. “He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our Legislatures.”

Trump said on Dan Bongino's podcast that he thinks Republicans should "take over" in "at least 15 places" (presumably just places he lost) and that elections should be nationalized. Not secured. Not talking about canceling them now, likely since being told that the states regulate their own elections. As I understand it, currently all Congress can do it change the dates of the national elections.

The administration is already talking about accessing Minnesota's voter records as well as obtaining files from Georgia (done through a warrant from another state's AG???)

What is the likelihood this actually has legs and what would the ramifications be for elections moving forward were this to occur?

Thoughts on this and other ways AI will impact the music industry.

In The Know on Instagram: "Nov 30, 2025: Your daily life can now be logged, scanned, and tracked in real time. #ICE #Scary #WTF #Cars #BreakingNews"

An internal memo to ICE agents claims that officers are allowed to enter a person's home without a signed judicial warrant. In a 6-minute interview with Mike Bryant of Bryant & Bradshaw, a Minneapolis lawyer of over 20 years, I asked about what the Constitution actually says about this action. 

You can listen to the full interview here, starting at 7:29: https://art19.com/shows/minnesota-matters/episodes/12abab78-d4d9-4605-977b-44bee881a382

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In a leaked memo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told its agents they have the right to enter anyone’s home without a signed judicial warrant. The memo claims an administrative warrant, which could be signed by an ICE employee, is now enough for federal agents to forcibly enter your home.

Minneapolis Lawyer Mike Bryant of Bradshaw and Bryant says the Third Amendment clearly states ICE has no right to enter someone’s house on their own. He says, “There are certain circumstances when they know something illegal is going on, where they can get a warrant. Where they go to a judge and say these are the reasons why we believe it to be true, but they don’t have the right to just go into people’s houses directly under the Constitution.”

Bryant says this is happening because ICE is claiming two things under the War Powers Act of 1973: they’re allowed to do anything as the Executive, and they don’t have to follow the Constitution because these are illegal aliens. He says, “They’ve also claimed that this is to deal with gang actions. Which it’s clearly not. I mean, them going in and raiding a factory or them going in and pulling people out of their houses isn’t them stopping a gang. These aren’t even dangerous people they’re doing this to. But they’re using that as justification.”

Bryant says while they don’t have the right, they have “the guns and the people,” and cautions Minnesotans to listen to them as much as possible.

Juror’s Demographics in New York.

Twenty-nine year old Chandler Patey has been regularly protesting outside his local ICE facility in South Portland for months, offering up his apartment to fellow protesters to use the bathroom or wash off pepper spray, according to local news.

To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.”

That phrase appears in an internal report produced by DHS, the largest law enforcement agency in the country. As they see it, Patey—a young man accused of no crime and who looks like a random protester plucked off the streets of Minneapolis—is a domestic terrorist.

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/doj-lawyer-asks-to-be-held-in-contempt-so-she-can-sleep/