THREAD. There's one proposal that would make a difference and that is popular across the population: if ICE or any other federal employee violates your constitutional rights, you should be able to sue them for damages without any immunity or other procedural technicalities that now make it harder.
This would be extremely easy. It would mean inserting a few words into existing federal law. It's astonishing that you don't see this talking point or policy proposal gaining huge traction among Democrats and pundits.
Jan 30, 2026 20:03Relatedly, Democrats should be insisting on clearing paths to liability for private corporations and individuals who assist any federal employee in any constitutional violation, like a tech company (just to pick a random, totally irrelevant example.)
One of the lessons I've learned in 20 years of law is that some of the most important (but ignored) laws in our society are those that give ordinary people the right to enforce their own rights. The government is simply incapable of doing this, and that's why private rights of action are essential.
Of course there are many other things to be done, including some that are more important, like taking on the budget, size, and power of ICE and other repressive bureaucracies. But this is a really easy one.
