By Camila DeChalus, CNN

(CNN) — Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Wednesday that US Attorney Jeanine Pirro wants a formal interview with her following her involvement in a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders.

“To be clear, this is the president’s playbook. Truth doesn’t matter. Facts don’t matter, and anyone who disagrees with him becomes an enemy, and he then weaponizes The federal government against them,” Slotkin said in a video, detailing the investigation she said is underway against her.

It was not immediate clear what crime the Justice Department may be investigating related to Slotkin, though President Donald Trump has suggested the six Democratic lawmakers engaged in “seditious behavior.” A spokesperson for the senator said she’s “ready for anything.”

CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

The reported contact from DOJ signals that the department has not let up on its investigation into the “illegal orders” video after the FBI first contacted with the Senate and House sergeant-at-arms in November seeking to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers in the video. The Trump administration has painted the video as a dangerous undermining of the president’s authority as commander in chief, while the Democrats have argued they were simply restating the law.

The New York Times first reported the senator saying this week she was under investigation.

Reached by CNN, a spokesperson for Chris Deluzio did not comment on whether the Pennsylvania congressman had also been contacted by the DOJ but said he would not be intimidated. “It’s obvious that this Administration is engaged in a harassment campaign against their political rivals, even targeting Members of Congress for stating the law,” the spokesperson said.

CNN has also reached out to the offices of Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, Jason Crow and Maggie Goodlander, as well as Sen. Mark Kelly, who is in a separate legal fight to block Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from cutting his retirement pay an reducing his rank related to the video.

Slotkin said Wednesday that since the release of the video, she has experienced bomb threats at her home, her parents have been swatted in the middle of the night and her siblings have had to get police presence in her homes.

“Right now, speaking out against the abuse of power is the most patriotic thing we can do,” she said.

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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN

(CNN) — Officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits within hours of each other Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in their states.

Although the lawsuits are separate and nuanced, both states cited the 10th Amendment to back their claim that the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents – which has stoked nationwide protests, as well as violence and fear in their cities – is tantamount to federal overreach and a violation of their state’s sovereignty.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has said his office believes the surge in federal agents is a violation of the 10th amendment, which establishes the division of powers between the state and federal government.

“The Constitution gives Minnesota the sovereign authority to protect (the) health and wellbeing of every single person who lives in our borders,” Ellison said at a Monday news conference announcing the lawsuit.

“We’re going to defend those rights because – as much as they like to believe it – DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is not above the law, and the people of Minnesota are certainly not beneath it.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker went a step further in his remarks about his state’s lawsuit, claiming Illinois will hold President Donald Trump and his administration “accountable for their unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.”

Trump and his administration have said the Constitution gives the federal government broad authority to enforce national immigration laws as the government sees fit.

In a lengthy statement posted on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump defended ICE tactics and declared, “FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!”

But constitutional law experts told CNN the pair of lawsuits have essentially pitted the states’ rights to self-govern and protect their citizens against the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration policy within the nation’s borders.

And it opens the door for a new interpretation of an amendment central to the Bill of Rights, experts say.

The dividing line between state and federal government

Michele Goodwin, professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University, said understanding the significance of Illinois and Minnesota’s lawsuits begins with understanding the importance of the Bill of Rights and the 10th Amendment.

“The Bill of Rights was intended to protect these new Americans, these people who have fled the worst of political oversteps in the United Kingdom,” she said. “(It) was intended to protect individuals against overreach, against abuses of power by government.”

The First Amendment establishes fundamental freedoms of speech, press, religion, and peaceful assembly. It also protects the right to petition the government – or formally ask the government to make changes without fear of punishment – and prevents Congress from making laws that trample on these rights.

Subsequent amendments, Goodwin said, build on these protections to further enumerate the rights of citizens and protect against government overreach.

By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with county police in Montana who entered the home of a man without a warrant because they feared he might be suicidal, rejecting an argument that the officers needed probable cause.

Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion for a unanimous court.

“We repeat today what we have held before: An officer may enter a home without a warrant if he has ‘an objectively reasonable basis for believing that an occupant is seriously injured or imminently threatened with such injury,’” Kagan wrote. “The officers’ entry satisfied that test.”

Police arrived at the home of William Trevor Case west of Butte, Montana, in 2021 after his ex-girlfriend reported he had threatened suicide during an earlier telephone call. Peering through the windows, they noticed an empty handgun holster and a notepad, which they took to be a suicide note.

Several of the officers involved had known Case, an Army veteran, for years. Body camera footage suggests at least some were concerned that Case was attempting to bring the officers into his home to attempt “suicide by cop.”

As they entered his home through an unlocked door and began clearing rooms, Case emerged from behind a closet curtain, revealing what officers said appeared to be a “black object,” according to court records. One of the officers fired, striking Case in the arm and abdomen. Police seized a handgun lying in a laundry basket near Case, who was hospitalized and survived. The county said bodycam footage later confirmed that Case pointed a gun at one of the officers as he emerged from the closet.

When county prosecutors charged him with felony assault on a peace officer, Case moved to suppress the evidence from the officers’ warrantless entry into his house. A trial court denied that motion and Case was convicted. In a divided decision, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld the trial court’s decision, ruling police entered the home under the “community caretaker” exception to the 4th Amendment, which allows police to enter a home without a warrant if their purpose is not investigate a crime.

In his appeal to the US Supreme Court, Case argued that police should have had probable cause to believe an emergency is occurring.

“Because that suicide-by-cop risk was one the officers controlled, and because the entry itself is what created the risk that Case would be ‘seriously injured,’ it was unreasonable for the officers to enter Case’s home without a warrant,” Case’s lawyers told the Supreme Court.

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Por Jennifer Hansler, CNN

Estados Unidos suspenderá de forma indefinida el procesamiento de visas de inmigrante para ciudadanos de 75 países, en una nueva ampliación de la ofensiva del Gobierno de Trump contra la inmigración.

La pausa en el procesamiento se aplicará a países como Brasil, Colombia, Egipto, Haití, Somalia y Rusia. La suspensión afecta a las visas de inmigrante, como las destinadas al empleo en Estados Unidos. La medida no se aplica a las visas de no inmigrante, como las de estudiantes o turistas, por lo que no afectaría a quienes busquen viajar a la Copa del Mundo en EE.UU., este verano.

La pausa comenzará el 21 de enero, dijo un funcionario estadounidense.

La suspensión llega después de que el Departamento de Estado ordenara el año pasado un mayor escrutinio bajo la disposición de “carga pública” de la ley inmigratoria, destinada a identificar a quienes el Gobierno de Trump considera que podrían convertirse en una carga para los recursos públicos.

“El Departamento de Estado utilizará su autoridad de larga data para declarar inelegibles a posibles inmigrantes que se convertirían en una carga pública para Estados Unidos y explotarían la generosidad del pueblo estadounidense”, dijo en un comunicado el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Tommy Pigott, este miércoles.

“El procesamiento de visas de inmigrante de estos 75 países se pausará mientras el Departamento de Estado reevalúa los procedimientos inmigratorios para evitar el ingreso de extranjeros que recurrirían a ayudas sociales y beneficios públicos”, añadió.

Varios de los países afectados por la suspensión ya estaban incluidos en la lista ampliada de prohibiciones de viaje del Gobierno de EE.UU.

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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN

(CNN) — The United States is indefinitely suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries in another expansion of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

The pause in processing will apply to countries including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti, Somalia and Russia. The suspension applies to immigrant visas, such as those for employment in the US. The pause does not apply to non-immigrant visas like student and tourist visas, and as such would not apply for those seeking to travel to the World Cup in the US this summer.

The pause will begin on January 21, a US official said.

The suspension comes after the State Department last year directed increased scrutiny under the “public charge” provision of immigration law meant to target those who the Trump administration believes will become a strain on public resources.

“The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the United States and exploit the generosity of the American people,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement Wednesday.

“Immigrant visa processing from these 75 countries will be paused while the State Department reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits,” he said.

A number of the countries impacted by the visa processing suspension were already included as part of the administration’s expanded travel ban list.

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