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FBaggins

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5. There may be a good reason - but the claim that such a privilege exists is a tough sell

Reply to Hugin (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:02 PM

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The single case that the judge's team cites established no such privilege. It upheld a NY statute banning such arrests in a courthouse. Her state has no such law.

And the cited case if (I'm pretty sure) still under appeal. A similar law in CA (banning ICE wearing masks) was just overturned but a blue judge.

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