This discussion group tackles two questions that sit at the fault lines of today’s constitutional and political battles. First, we’ll examine when a federal law enforcement officer can be hauled into state court and criminally charged for actions taken in the line of duty—a once-obscure legal issue now thrust into the spotlight as states test the limits of their power to scrutinize federal actors. Second, we’ll confront the Insurrection Act, a statute that has lurked in the background of American crises for over two centuries but has recently reemerged as a flashpoint in debates about presidential authority, domestic deployment of troops, and the boundaries of executive power. Together, these topics force us to ask uncomfortable but necessary questions about federalism, accountability, and what happens when political conflict pushes our legal frameworks to their breaking point.