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Menendez issued the order in response to six Minneapolis-area residents who alleged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents violated their constitutional rights while they were observing or protesting immigration raids in their neighborhoods.

“Plaintiffs allege they have been subject to a variety of retaliatory behavior by Defendants, including traffic stops, arrests, the indiscriminate use of chemical irritants, and pointing of firearms,” Menendez wrote in her order. “These kinds of conduct are those that undoubtedly give rise to an objective chill of First Amendment rights.”

The ruling came after a hearing Tuesday in the case and the death this month of Renée Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer while witnessing federal enforcement actions on a residential street in Minneapolis.

In an emailed statement, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the agency is “taking appropriate and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers and the public from dangerous rioters.”

“Assaulting and obstructing law enforcement is a felony,” she said, adding that officers have “followed their training and used the minimum amount of force necessary to protect themselves, the public, and federal property.”

She did not say whether DHS planned to appeal the ruling.

The Minnesota residents who filed the lawsuit are among those who have sought to monitor and record immigration enforcement activity in their communities since the Trump administration began deploying large numbers of immigration officers to the state last month.

One plaintiff, Susan Tincher, who intended to observe and record an immigration arrest she heard was occurring in her neighborhood, was arrested and pinned to the ground by agents after she asked whether they were part of ICE, according to the lawsuit. Two other plaintiffs said that after following an unmarked vehicle they suspected belonged to ICE, multiple masked agents surrounded their car and pointed semiautomatic weapons at them, according to court documents.

The lawsuit names Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd M. Lyons and local ICE field office directors and agents as defendants. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is representing the plaintiffs.

The ACLU lawsuit is separate from the suit filed Monday by Minnesota’s attorney general and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul against DHS over its immigration enforcement operations.

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So there is a second lawsuit pending from Minnesota, and another from Illinois in federal district court from their respective AG’s. The ruling above is by citizens, which is impressive on it’s own.

How this all translates into Gov Tim Walz “obstructing justice” is an interesting one. His constitute won without him. I am also guessing if the DOJ ever actually files, Minnesota will have plenty of amicus curiae briefs.

Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a sheaf of entirely redacted pages, are seen in this handouts released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.

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Signed into law last November, the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) required the DOJ to release every file in its possession on Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell by Dec. 19, and with redactions limited to those protecting minors or victims. Instead, the DOJ released only a small fraction of its files on Epstein by the deadline, and with redactions beyond what the law permitted.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek that it was "astounding that the Left can miraculously rediscover the Tenth Amendment when they don’t want federal law enforcement officers to enforce federal law.

““The fact is that sanctuary politicians in Illinois and Chicago released violent criminals including murderers, rapists, drug dealers, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists, onto its streets and their dereliction of duty cost lives—just ask Katie Abraham’s father,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on the Illinois suit. "This is a baseless lawsuit, and we look forward to proving that in court.”

Let’s not pretend the administration actually gives a shit about what the constitution or USC actually says. They repeatedly violate the law and have to be sued to be held accountable.

Violation the 1st Amendment by firing on Press.

The DHS was found to be arbitrary and capricious in State of Illinois, et al. v. Kristi Noem as well as exceeded statutory authority and improperly advanced federal policy priorities. i.e. DHS doesn’t want to follow the law it’s supposed to enforce.

And that’s just DHS in what I can find recently.

The constitution and USC is a convenience to use when it it suits them, not a standard for all. They think they are Judge Dredd, “I am the law.”

The comments about this cup are funny in how pedantic they, given the point of the cup to me is the spirit of it. It is not surprising to see the science positive crowd be so analytic about it though, and actually slightly reassuring.