The facts
California filed a complaint on October 15, 2026 (Case 2:26‑cv‑12026) in the Central District of California, naming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Acting Director David Venturella, the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Markwayne Mullin as defendants. The complaint relies on Assembly Bill 668 (adopted Oct. 12, 2019) and Senate Bill 873 (adopted Sept. 29, 2026), which prohibit civil arrests inside courthouses and while traveling to or from them. It also invokes a common‑law privilege dating back six centuries in England, citing Blackstone’s 1877 Commentaries and the Latin phrase “eundo, morando, et redeundo.” The filing alleges that after a May 2025 federal directive, immigration arrests at California courthouses rose over 550 % monthly, reporting 34 incidents (30 arrests) in June 2026 and 60 incidents (60 arrests) across July‑September 2026. The complaint describes “Operation Safe California,” a 45‑day surge in which ICE agents were instructed to target anyone, aiming for 3,000 daily arrests and 19,000 weekly arrests. One incident in Glenn County involved an ICE agent asking a court officer to conceal an arrest so a failure‑to‑appear warrant could be issued.
Our take
Rob Bonta, California’s top legal prick, has filed the most pretentious fucking lawsuit imaginable. He’s not just arguing that ICE shouldn’t arrest people at courthouses; he’s trying to impress a federal judge with six‑centuries‑old English law and a Latin phrase, ‘eundo, morando, et redeundo,’ which sounds like a spell from a wizard’s diarrhea. This cunt is essentially declaring the entire California court system, plus your fucking drive home, a magical no‑fly zone for federal authority. It’s a legal force field conjured from Blackstone’s 1877 Commentaries and the absolute bullshit notion that a 600‑year‑old rule about showing up to trial means ICE can’t do its job on the courthouse steps. What a pompous, self‑important way to say ‘get off my lawn.’ The complaint itself is a masterpiece of bureaucratic whining, detailing how after a 2025 directive, courthouse arrests spiked 550 %. Boo fucking hoo. It cites ICE’s ‘Operation Safe California,’ a 45‑day surge where agents were told ‘to go after anybody’ to hit targets of 3,000 daily arrests. The state’s real beef is that the feds are treating their hallowed halls of justice like a fucking buffet line. The most shameless detail is from Glenn County, where an ICE agent allegedly asked a court officer to hide an arrest so the judge would issue a failure‑to‑appear warrant, keeping it warm in case the guy ever came back. That’s not just aggressive; it’s a dickhead move that turns the court into an unwitting accomplice. But Bonta’s response isn’t to fix that specific abuse; it’s to erect a giant, ancient ‘KEEP OUT’ sign over every courthouse in the state, citing a law that protects people ‘traveling to or while traveling from’ the building. So now, according to California’s attorney general, the sacred right to not be arrested while driving to your traffic ticket hearing is older than America itself. What a load of self‑serving, ivory‑tower shit. This lawsuit isn’t about justice; it’s about a pissing contest where Bonta gets to quote Latin and feel like a scholar while the actual fucking problem – feds gaming the warrant system – gets buried in archaic legalese. He’s using a medieval bludgeon to swat a modern fly, and he looks like a complete asshole doing it.
