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Federal Deployments and Law Enforcement

Federal deployments, law enforcement authorities, and political disputes over federal action in cities

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Jan 25, 2026
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What does 18 U.S.C. §111 say about assaulting or impeding federal officers, and how have courts applied it?

C. § 111 makes it a federal crime to "forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere" with persons designated in §1114 while they are performing official duties, and it distinguish...

Jan 26, 2026
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What recent Minnesota court cases have interpreted section 624.714 with respect to public events or demonstrations?

Two recent decisions and secondary reporting touch on how the state’s weapons statutes, including (permit-to-carry and related “carrying in public” rules), apply in public settings, but there is no cl...

Jan 24, 2026
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Are NY police arresting ICE agents?

There is no reliable, verifiable evidence that police have been arresting agents en masse; a widely shared clip purporting to show officers handcuffing ICE agents was generated with artificial intelli...

Jan 25, 2026

What legal challenges have U.S. cities faced when passing separation or 'sanctuary' ordinances since 2003?

Since 2003, cities that enacted separation or “” ordinances have faced a shifting legal gauntlet: direct federal lawsuits and executive orders seeking to compel cooperation or withhold funds, state la...

Jan 21, 2026

What legal definitions and penalties apply to organized rioting in Minnesota and have prosecutors filed charges alleging payment or coordination?

by the collective conduct of three or more people who “disturb the public peace” by intentional acts or threats of unlawful force or violence toward persons or property, and the statute creates gradua...

Jan 23, 2026

Which court cases, if any, have tested state restrictions on activities in federally controlled airspace?

A small set of landmark and more recent cases have tested -operations">state or local restrictions against the federal government’s exclusive control of , beginning with the ’s seminal v. Causby, 328 ...

Jan 15, 2026

What specific legal tests do federal courts use to decide whether a state criminal case can be removed for presidential‑immunity review?

Federal courts evaluate removal of state criminal cases for presidential‑immunity review by applying the Supreme Court’s two‑step immunity framework from Trump v. United States—first deciding whether ...