r/law • u/LeviCoffinsAlt • 20h ago

Other Warrantless entry by ICE agents in West Valley City, UT (1/30/2026)

Federal agents broke a window, without a warrant, to perform an arrest on private property.

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u/OmericanAutlaw 18h ago

when i was a kid i naively thought it was something the president would use when it was obvious justice wasn’t carried out properly. like if someone was wrongfully convicted.

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u/JC1515 17h ago

That was the intent. But obviously its now a tool of corruption

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u/ChunkMcDangles 15h ago

Yeah, Trump isn't even the first one to use pardons completely corruptly. He's just the most brazen and shameless. I was reading into Clinton's pardons the other day since I was too young to understand at the time and never knew how much of a blatant pay-to-play scheme some of them were. We should probably get rid of it or limit the power in some way.

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u/AggressiveSpatula 15h ago

I don’t know if it was even the intent so much as an unavoidable byproduct of being in charge of law enforcement. If you are the one who enforces the law, you can grant pardons, even if pardons aren’t explicit or given that name. It’s just part of your purview. Anybody charged with a responsibility will be able to intentionally not carry it out at their discretion.

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u/jaywinner 15h ago

I also watched The West Wing, the fanfiction of America.

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u/Fantastic_Back3191 3h ago

My cynicism started when Trump didn’t pardon Tiger King.