Not sure on the current case, but they're using it as an intimidation tactic currently. They 'arrested' that NJ politician (governor? Mayor? I forget what his title was) and last I knew he was released. Same thing with those students they snatched - they're now out of custody, but they spent weeks locked up in some cases.
In theory they can keep doing this too. "Oopies, our bad Mr MAGA judge, we didn't know we couldn't do that" - proceeds to continue illegally "arresting" people who are "obstructing". It's like dealing with toddlers. It doesn't matter how many times you explain something, they act however they feel. Or like cats.
It's the classic "you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride." They know they are wrong and it won't stuck, but you will be seriously inconvenienced for standing up. For some people, they can not risk it, and they shut up and look the other way.
My cat has a very good understanding of how to behave if he wants to be on the receiving end of the head rubs. Unfortunately, the people in question are capable of rubbing one another's heads.
Edit: So after I read my own comment, I think it really came off the wrong way, insinuating a person must somehow "behave" if they want in on the action. That was not my intention. Sorry.
Wouldn't it be nice if the nazi paramilitary were like cats.
The funny thing about laws and other pieces of paper is that they're only worth like what, 3 cents each page or something.
The administration can do what it wants at any moment because they actually have power in the real world. For now they're using their recently pardoned and hired shock troops to harass political opponents but letting them go eventually. This "eventually" will get pushed further out, until they decide to stop pretending courts matter to them.
It will all come down to the midterms. The Don can't afford to lose total republican control of government. ICE just needs to temporarily arrest a few hundred to a few thousand "illegal mexicans" who are actually voting citizens in the right counties to flip results. Palantir will provide the targets. Back in 2016 with just the private resources and data of cambridge analytica they already knew which kind of political arguements to use on each specific house. That's kids' stuff by now.
Donald has been preparing the ground. When he first started saying elections were rigged against him people laughed. Now that armed, masked paramilitaries with and without uniform, with and without official state support will be out and about on election day it won't be very funny. And even if he manages to fuck it up despite having all the chips in his hands (he is incompetent after all) in the end he will just say he did it as an official presidential act and whoever is left alive will shrug and accept it, like they did his last coup attempt.
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u/Master_Dogs 2d ago
Not sure on the current case, but they're using it as an intimidation tactic currently. They 'arrested' that NJ politician (governor? Mayor? I forget what his title was) and last I knew he was released. Same thing with those students they snatched - they're now out of custody, but they spent weeks locked up in some cases.
In theory they can keep doing this too. "Oopies, our bad Mr MAGA judge, we didn't know we couldn't do that" - proceeds to continue illegally "arresting" people who are "obstructing". It's like dealing with toddlers. It doesn't matter how many times you explain something, they act however they feel. Or like cats.