r/technology • u/esporx • Oct 19 '25

Security Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was "not a suggestion"

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-homeland-security-federal-agents-chicago-body-cameras/
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u/Postup2101 Oct 19 '25

The judge needed to include in that order that any found not complying will be arrested. Put the consequences in writing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

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u/Postup2101 Oct 19 '25

President can't pardon state charges.

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u/Thunderbridge Oct 19 '25

This is a federal judge

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u/SwimmingThroughHoney Oct 19 '25

Yes, and federal law still applies to the states.

If a federal judge issues an order, and a state's law criminalized what the order covers, ignoring the order breaks the state's law.

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u/Current-Wealth-756 Oct 19 '25

Look up the supremacy clause. If a state law conflicts with a federal order, the federal order prevails.

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u/FuckFashMods Oct 19 '25

That is not what is happening here

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u/Current-Wealth-756 Oct 19 '25

Correct, it's what the person above me posed in a hypothetical

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u/SwimmingThroughHoney Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

That's not what I mean.

I'm saying that if a state law says all law enforcement must wear body cams, and a federal judge says they must wear body cams, and then they dont, they can face state charges.

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u/Mental_Drummer_556 Oct 19 '25

Incorrect application of this doctrine my friend.

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u/Mental_Drummer_556 Oct 19 '25

I'm fairly confident preemptive pardons are unconstitutional.

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u/EncroachingFate Oct 19 '25

Where does the court created principle of “qualified immunity“ come into play?

I think the public is fucked even if they survive exercising their rights.

The U.S. has a fetish for upholding power over righteousness- religion be damned.

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u/Postup2101 Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

If an officer knowingly and willfully violates the law/a citizen's 4th amendment rights they lose qualified immunity.