Lawfare and habeas corpus

Powerline ^ | 01/27/2026 | Bill Glahn

[DFG]

Perhaps the most successful front of the resistance against ICE in Minnesota has been inside federal courthouses in the state.

As quickly as ICE agents can take illegal aliens off the streets in Minnesota, lawyers run to federal court and win their immediate release.

Some 430 habeas petitions have been filed in just the past three weeks, completely overwhelming the system.

From Politico,

Minnesota judge summons ICE leader to court, threatens contempt sanctions.

And not just any judge,

The chief judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said the administration had repeatedly violated or slow-walked court orders in Minnesota.

The judge in question is Patrick Schiltz and the case is 26-cv-107. Judge Schiltz had ordered the release of one Juan Hugo Tobay Robles. As of yesterday, Juan had not yet been released from ICE custody.

If ICE does release him, then Friday’s hearing will be cancelled and the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, will not have to appear.

Politico reports,

The operation has flooded the courts with emergency lawsuits brought by immigrants who say they have been illegally arrested or detained. The judges in the district have agreed nearly every time, ordering their immediate release from custody.

Politico is correct that the habeas petitions work almost every time. The ICE “operation” didn’t flood the courts: the ICE resistance has.

The most frustrating thing (for me at least) is that nearly all of the documents in these cases are kept secret. We, the general public, cannot see the petitions themselves, so we cannot assess the facts of each case. Judges rule in favor of aliens without ever hearing from government lawyers, in these “emergency” dockets.

I’ve been following these habeas cases in Minnesota for the past few weeks. ICE agents risk life and limb every day to carry out the orders of Immigration Courts. only to have district court judges undo their work in a matter of minutes.

The Republican-appointee Schiltz channels his inner Tim Walz, writing,

This Court has been extremely patient with respondents [U.S. Dept. of Justice], even though respondents decided to send thousands of agents to Minnesota to detain aliens without making any provision for dealing with the hundreds of habeas petitions and other lawsuits that were sure to result.

…And justice for all.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: domesticenemies; habeascorpus; habeuscorpus; insurgency; interference; judgewatch; lawfare; minnesota; schiltz; subversion; undermining

[Brian Griffin]

Well, let the judges keep them in their courthouse.

[captmar-vell]

Meanwhile the J6 courts had never heard of this ‘hey be us core pus’ thing.

[Brian Griffin]

Enter in bills for two constitutional amendments:

Levies on any residential property of less than 2799 square feet of finished living space shall be no higher than the 2019 dollar amounts for the property, or for a newer or since resold property no higher than what it would have been levied at for 2019 if it lacked owner specific tax breaks, increased by 3% per calendar year since 2019 and by any percentage increase to its finished living space.

*****

Federal taxation on personal income shall be progressively capped as follows:
below 20% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 10%,
below 50% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 22%,
below the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 30%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 100,000 largest recipients, 35%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 10,000 largest recipients, 40%.

*****

Fighting in Congress to send middle-class income and property taxation cap constitutional amendments to the states would make Congress turn deep red come 2027.

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The high-income people have the Laffer Curve effect to protect them.

[Brian Griffin]

Removal order

Stare Decis (?)

[Brian Griffin]

Perhaps:

All citizens and entities with majority citizen ownership who have failed to pay federal taxation shall have a reprieve until 2126 to pay the tax owed.

[Brian Griffin]

Perhaps:

All citizens and entities with majority citizen ownership who have failed to pay federal taxation shall have a reprieve until 2126 to pay the tax owed.

[SENTINEL]

House has impeached STILL ZERO judges.

A million Kyle Rittenhouses see this as "It's up to me to provide justice".

The left is already shooting.

Peace requires ARRESTS!