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  1. ‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled #unconstitutional
    A "tower dump" involves #cellphone companies providing #lawenforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to a cell tower
    "That is an unreasonable search under the #FourthAmendment," judge concluded
    The order repeatedly referenced the Supreme Court's recent decision in Chatrie v United States, in which the majority held that #geofence #warrants require constitutional #privacy protections
    thehill.com/regulation/court-b

  2. EFF to #SupremeCourt : Shut Down #Unconstitutional #Geofence Searches

    Digital #Dragnets Violate #FourthAmendment , Brief Argues

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union ( #ACLU ), the ACLU of #Virginia, and the Center on #Privacy & Technology at #GeorgetownLaw filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence #warrants are unconstitutional.
    #scotus #privacy

    eff.org/press/releases/eff-sup

  3. #ShennaBellows says Trump's call for federal #elections takeover is blatantly #unconstitutional

    #MainePublic | By Steve Mistler
    Published February 3, 2026

    "Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's call for a federal takeover of elections is blatantly unconstitutional, but a threat that should be taken seriously given moves his administration has already made.

    "Bellows, a Democrat who is also running for governor, says the president's comments on a right-wing podcast about commandeering elections in 15 unnamed states fit a troubling pattern. That includes an effort by the Department of Justice to obtain states' private voter data, which Bellows' office is fighting alongside Oregon in federal court.

    "Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon also pushed back after receiving a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi suggesting the immigration surge there would end if officials complied with the DOJ, a request he described as 'apparent ransom.'

    "Bellows said those moves, along with the FBI's recent raid of election offices in #FultonCounty #Georgia, suggest Trump is trying to preempt voter backlash to his policies in coming #elections.

    " 'The president fears big losses in the 2026 and 2028 and is trying to set the stage for federal interference in our elections,' she said.

    "Under the #Constitution, states govern American elections. But Trump has frequently made unsubstantiated claims that Democrats exploit the decentralized system to rig outcomes."

    Source:
    mainepublic.org/politics/2026-

    #USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #Unconstitutional #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement
    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #VoterRegistration #VoterDisenfranchisement

  4. The chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court on Friday
    to explain why he should not be held in contempt
    for violating court orders.

    The order by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz
    — which he acknowledged was “an extraordinary step”
    — adds to the administration’s legal fights

    while it also faces public and political pressure over the aggressive tactics of its agents,
    who have shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in three weeks.

    Trump shook up the leadership of the Minnesota enforcement operation on Monday
    by planning to pull its director of on-the-ground enforcement,
    Gregory Bovino, according to two U.S. officials.

    That came after two days of outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti,
    who was shot and killed by federal agents over the weekend.

    Trump said he was sending #Tom #Homan, his border czar,
    to oversee the operations and that Mr. Homan would report directly to him.

    ⭐️The order by Judge Schiltz, issued late Monday,
    summons the ICE acting director
    #Todd #Lyons to appear before him on Friday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating court orders arising from the Trump administration’s crackdown.

    “The court’s patience is at an end,” he wrote.

    But the judge did give Mr. Lyons an out:
    👉He said he would cancel the hearing if ICE quickly released an immigrant whom he said had been wrongly detained by agents.

    The crackdown has prompted a flood of legal challenges,
    including from state and local officials
    ⚠️who asked another federal judge on Monday to declare that the surge of some 3,000 immigration agents had effectively become an #unconstitutional #occupation.

    The Trump administration also defended itself on Monday at a hearing over the state’s effort to investigate the death of Mr. Pretti.

    The shooting of Mr. Pretti
    — who was killed while being pinned down by agents, according to videos of the encounter
    — sparked outage across the political spectrum,
    including among some Republicans who have called for the Trump administration to change course.

    Trump met on Monday with #Kristi #Noem, the homeland security secretary, and #Corey #Lewandowski, her top aide, in the Oval Office for more than two hours,
    according to two people briefed on the meeting.

    The president did not suggest in the meeting that Ms. Noem and Mr. Lewandowski were at risk of losing their jobs, those people said.

    But it was another sign of Trump’s concern about the reaction to the killing of Mr. Pretti and the fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, by a federal agent on Jan. 7.

    nytimes.com/live/2026/01/27/us

  5. #Senate #Republicans are making #fools of themselves. Seems as though they’re just fine w/ doing that too. #Pathetic.

    Senate Dismisses 1st of 2 #Impeachment Charges Against #Mayorkas

    Now wasting more time going through the same painful process again.

    Democrats moved as quickly as possible—despite #GOP #obstruction & #delay tactics— to dismiss the #unconstitutional article of impeachment accusing the #DHS sec of refusing to enforce #immigration #law.

    #IssuesNotSolutions #PublicDisservice