Heidi Li FeldmanOct 15
A super-militarized ICE is getting more and more violent. After assaulting a musician playing the theme from “Ghostbusters”, ICE took her out of Oregon, to Washington state, where she remains in jail. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/portland-ice-clarinet-arrested-protest-b2845329.html 1/
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

The Independent
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
In Chicago today, federal agents intentionally rammed a car they were pursuing, causing the car to crash. The agents tear-gassed protesters who gathered at the scene of the crash. Do review the photos in this excellent reporting from Chicago Sun-Times. https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions 2/
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.

Chicago Sun-Times
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
I’m sure that the Trump regime will soon invoke the Insurrection Act, despite the fact that it is the proximate cause of the violence it will use to justify doing so. 3/
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
Here’s what is significant about the Insurrection Act. It temporarily suspends the Posse Comitatus rule and allows the president to deploy the military to assist civilian authorities with law enforcement. See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/252. 4/
10 U.S. Code § 252 - Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority

LII / Legal Information Institute
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
Don’t be misled by the benign sounding “assist with law enforcement”: once in U.S. cities under the Insurrection Act, federal troops will occupy those cities. 5/
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
Both the language of the Insurrection Act itself and Supreme Court precedent interpreting give the President tremendous latitude to invoke the Act at his or her discretion. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained 6/
The Insurrection Act, Explained

The vague and rarely used law gives the president broad power to deploy the military domestically — but it’s not a blank check.

Brennan Center for Justice
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanOct 15
There are possible grounds for challenging Trump if he does invoke the Insurrection Act. You can get a good idea of these here. https://protectdemocracy.org/work/legal-challenges-insurrection-act/ But the ultimate success of these is unlikely given the commitment to affording Trump power the Roberts Court has demonstrated. And of course along the way the Trump regime will run to the Roberts Court to stay any restraining orders issued by lower courts. 7/
Legal Challenges to an Invocation of the Insurrection Act: A Primer

Protect Democracy’s litigation memo analyzing the Trump administration’s threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act in the lead-up to the 2020 election and any potential legal challenges

Protect Democracy
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@heidilifeldman Look in the Epstein Files. The answers lie there.
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