All of the Title 18 part 242 discussion has me thinking. We hear about governments being sued for deprivation of rights all the time, but civil suits take time, stamina, and massive amounts of money–which is why the shitheads get away with so much. Most people don't bother with that, most people can't. On the other hand, we never hear about criminal prosecutions under Section 242 of Title 18 at all, and I suspect that this is because the vast majority of people have no idea of how to press criminal charges at the federal level in the first place.

I'm not a lawfag, but I expect it involves making your complaint directly to the US attorney for your district, who would then investigate & send it up if it has merit. These people don't (and can't) sit around watching the criminal court dockets of local governments for potential violations of the Constitution, so you have to actively engage & let them know that a criminal act may have occurred. Doesn't cost a dime, and if you're lucky enough to not have an Obama-appointee federal prosecutor in your area then you've taken the first step to ruining your tiny tyrant's day.

Any real lawfags around to clarify? Is this the proper procedure? I feel it's important to know how to leverage this, because it's potentially transformative on the local level–think about how many of your municipality's laws shit all over the Constitution in five different ways. Think about how those laws might kinda disappear when the town council realizes they could be facing serious Federal time for making them.

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