This doesn’t end in a courtroom.

That thought simply wouldn’t disappear Monday. No matter which elected officials spoke at which news conference, no matter how many updates came from trusted reporters transcribing and contextualizing the words of a federal judge, there is an underlying reality:

The federal government is conducting Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Illinois. There has been physical conflict between federal agents and the public, from organized protestors to spontaneous intervenors. The White House wants to send National Guard troops to Chicago. The state and city sued to stop that mobilization.

I wish readers could’ve watched me type that last paragraph. It took probably 15 minutes spread over two sessions as I labored over nearly every word, trying to

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