> one of those not-actually-a-judge decisionmakers
With all the hubbub these days of those same decision-makers writing "warrants", I consciously try to reframe them as "memos." (Ex: "I have a memo for your arrest.")
Sure, it may not be a term of art for executive-branch bureaucrats... but it's way less misleading for the public that associates "warrant" with a much weightier process.
It also underscores the absurd recklessness of ICE flunkies ramming cars and pointing guns into people's faces while hunting for what are often civil infractions. Not felonies, not misdemeanors, but the equivalent of parking tickets.
With all the hubbub these days of those same decision-makers writing "warrants", I consciously try to reframe them as "memos." (Ex: "I have a memo for your arrest.")
Sure, it may not be a term of art for executive-branch bureaucrats... but it's way less misleading for the public that associates "warrant" with a much weightier process.
It also underscores the absurd recklessness of ICE flunkies ramming cars and pointing guns into people's faces while hunting for what are often civil infractions. Not felonies, not misdemeanors, but the equivalent of parking tickets.