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No they can’t, states cannot interfere with federal law enforcement in any way. They can refuse to help (and even that is controversial), but they cannot impede
by Analemma_ 9mo ago
No they can’t, states cannot interfere with federal law enforcement in any way. They can refuse to help (and even that is controversial), but they cannot impede. Remember, it’s not like Trump and ICE are going to be announcing that they intend to interfere with elections, they’ll say it’s legitimate law enforcement against a credible threat, and state interference with Federal law enforcement against “credible threats” is completely illegal.
Years down the road, maybe some judge will rule ICE’s actions violated voters’ Constitutional rights, but who cares? The standard punishment for that is a stern “don’t do it again”. If someone is convicted because of a rights violation, their conviction might be overturned, but that’s not what would happen here: it would just be intimidation and harassment to move vote totals and no conviction to be reversed.
- cosmicgadget 9mo agoThe "act now, justify later" blade cuts both ways.
- Analemma_ 9mo agoWho do you imagine would do the “acting” here, i.e. who would be ones actually on the ground arresting ICE officers at polling stations? Local police, the state National Guard? How sure are you they would obey the (textually illegal) orders to do that? Because these are both cohorts who lean heavily pro-Trump; I’m fairly confident they would not.