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Supreme Court Fight Brewing Over ICE Accountability?!?

2026-04-20 Entertainment
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Resident Legal Diva Melba Pearson answers a sharp viewer question from the Mangione dual sovereignty video: if the federal government shields ICE agents from prosecution after they kill someone, can states still charge them — and is that dual sovereignty working in reverse? Drawing on her prosecutorial background and the live Minnesota cases involving the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Melba breaks down Supremacy Clause immunity, the two-part legal test courts use to decide whether federal officers are shielded from state prosecution, what JD Vance got wrong when he claimed ICE agents have 'absolute immunity,' and why Minnesota is still fighting to bring charges even as the federal government withholds evidence. Follow @ResidentLegalDiva on YouTube, Substack and socials Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@Mybodyurdemise 2026-04-20

Love you, Diva! Thank you for keeping us informed! IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE! ⚖️

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@TwiZoneInc 2026-04-20

It's pretty clear that they were both homicides fueled by ICE mandates from Washington. Both done for the purpose of proving a point in an election year, mostly. Murders under the guise of "protecting the homeland security." SORRY!!! That won't wash with any judge and jury in a blue state.

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@SarahEthelinde 2026-04-20

The dual sovereignty question is a brilliant one

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@kimberlychelen9890 2026-04-20

Thank You, Melba! Meidas, We Need More Melba! Please! ✌️💙☄️

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@merrydrew8223 2026-04-20

That’s great news to hear

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@AlicePeabody 2026-04-20

Love the Diva

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@liberatedwoman 2026-04-20

What about a state civil case against ICE officers?

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@hiltonwatkins6750 2026-04-20

USA justice has big problems..

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@humblebumblebee-m7m 2026-04-20

Defund ICE

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@theupperroom52 2026-04-20

How is it that the supreme court implied that an insurrection is a " presidential act? Or fraud... Or bribes for pardons.... And why aren't we finding the absolute limits"of the "immunity" ruling

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