Trump’s threat against Minnesota this week is the latest example of how his administration has considered using arcane laws and legal arguments to enact his agenda.

In addition to the #InsurrectionAct, Trump officials have talked publicly about #suspending #due #process, a foundational constitutional principle.

Trump invoked the
#AlienEnemiesAct last year
to speed up deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

White House officials considered using it a second time to justify detaining people in Chicago, according to previously unreported Signal messages obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The 1798 wartime law,
designed to combat an invasion or predatory incursion,
has only been used three times prior to this administration.
-- The last time was during World War II.

Opponents have aggressively fought the administration in court over these maneuvers.

This week, both Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits challenging the legality of Trump’s immigration enforcement.

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office alleged federal agents acted as “occupiers” instead of law enforcement during operations in the state last fall.

In separate cases, federal judges issued temporary restraining orders in both #Portland and #Chicago #Illinois, stopping the administration from sending National Guard troops into those cities.

A judge ordered troops out of #California in December, saying it violated the law.

And another judge has limited the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people.

In an interview with the New York Times, #Trump suggested the Insurrection Act could provide a work-around to legal rulings.

“Look, I’ve been stopped on some things,” he told the newspaper last week.

“Now, I will say, if I feel it’s important to invoke the Insurrection Act,
which I have the right to do,
that’s a different thing,
because then I have the right to do pretty much what I want to do.
But I haven’t done that.”

https://www.startribune.com/we-are-living-in-james-madisons-nightmare-how-trump-could-invoke-arcane-laws-to-dominate-in-minn/601564630

The Trump administration announced it is #suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to #Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.

The secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, shared a letter on Friday on social media that was addressed to Minnesota’s governor, #Tim #Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, #Jacob #Frey, notifying them of the administration’s decision and citing investigations into #alleged #fraud conducted by local non-profits and businesses.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/10/trump-administration-suspends-129m-benefit-payments-minnesota?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The White House Just Casually Floated a Move That Would Be Traitorous to the Very Idea of America – Esquire

News Politics With Charles P. Pierce

The White House Just Casually Floated a Move That Would Be Traitorous to the Very Idea of America

Despite what Trump advisor Stephen Miller may believe, habeas corpus is a core legal right—not a revocable privilege.Z

By Charles P. Pierce, Published: May 12, 2025 1:55 PM EDT

“The Constitution is clear and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus could be suspended in time of invasion,” said Stephen Miller, White House aide, and now a confirmed traitor to the American idea. “So that’s an option we’re actively looking at.”

Unless every other elected official in this country stands up against even the consideration of this extremist pipe dream, there is no point of being a citizen of this country any more. It would be as empty a title as that of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Despite whatever is rattling around Miller’s febrile cabeza, habeas corpus is not a revocable privilege. It is a right guaranteed to everyone incarcerated. In calling it a “privilege” that “could be suspended” to suit the whims of his boss, Miller proves himself to be a traitor not only to the American idea but also to the freaking Magna Carta (!), the 39th clause of which states, “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned … except by the lawful judgment of his equals and by the law of the land.” Miller is proposing to reverse all English-speaking jurisprudence since 1215. I think if you find yourself on the wrong side of human rights from John Lackland, it’s time for us to be quite done with you.

Read more: The White House Just Casually Floated a Move That Would Be Traitorous to the Very Idea of America – EsquireSource Links: Stephen Miller Says Trump Considering Suspending Habeas Corpus

#Considering #CoreRights #HabeasCorpus #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #StephenMiller #Suspending #Trump

Britain says it is suspending some arms sales to Israel because of risk they could be used to break international law

Britain says it is suspending some arms sales to Israel because of risk they could be used to break international law #Britain #suspending #arms #sales #Israel #risk #break #international #law

https://telecastindia.in/britain-says-it-is-suspending-some-arms-sales-to-israel-because-of-risk-they-could-be-used-to-break-international-law/

#TimScott says he's #suspending his #presidential #campaign.

Scott made the #announcement on "#SundayNightinAmerica with #TreyGowdy" on #FoxNews.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthCarolina #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/tim-scott-suspending-presidential-campaign-104841075

#Meta #UnderFire After #Suspending & #Reinstating the #AntiLGBTQ #Hategroup ‘#GaysAgainstGroomers’ on #Instagram.

The #hategroup's posts on Instagram plainly violates #Meta's very clear #CommunityStandards.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.advocate.com/news/gays-against-groomers-reinstated-instagram