We were also worried in the wake of the immunity decision, and what was that going to mean for potentially a more unfettered Trump second term and whether or not the rule of law would prevail and about the tensions, potential tensions between the federal government and state and local governments, and what that could mean for the rule of law. And, hopefully -- and this is what we have had for most of our history -- you have the federal government and the state governments working together to try to get control over that unrest, to de-escalate the situation, and to work ideally in harmony together, or at least to have a functional working relationship and to partner together. We had imagined federal agents a little more like what happened in Portland in 2020 or even Philadelphia that summer, where agents were going back and forth with protesters, some of whom were violating the law, and where federal agents were using harsh tactics, but not to the point where they were openly attacking American citizens and actually quite clearly exceeding rules for the use of force.
Author: Geoff Bennett, Sam Lane, Sarah Clune Hartman
Published at: 2026-01-27 23:45:18
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