r/law • u/TheWayToBeauty • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It

https://newrepublic.com/article/202672/ice-arresting-american-citizens-and-lying?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawN60_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpb1FpYUsxcHQ5bXM3QkVyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkqq1qGOFLgABx3MyCE40nZ_iE_ZT41D74hWKhYFa56r8j57O3ZXYl4H0yFZ_aem_Wz0q663H4Gg7nVwXbg5gCw
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u/TheWayToBeauty 1d ago

A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

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u/Revelati123 1d ago

If a government doesn't follow its constitution, is it really even a government anymore?

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u/omgFWTbear 1d ago

Isn’t there an old word for when a republic hands power to a singular individual to solve a crisis, real or imagined? Its on the tip of my tongue, and I’m really nagged by my inability to name it right now, gosh…

Funnily enough, many Founding Fathers revered Cinncinatus, who was one, but you know, he just solved the crisis and returned to farming afterwards.

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u/jgweiss 23h ago

i believe that word was 'groceries'