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Lawfare Daily: Can Minnesota Prosecute ICE Agent Jonathan Ross?

Anna Bower, Bryna Godar, Carolyn Shapiro, Jen Patja
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 7:00 AM
What is the state of Minnesota’s jurisdiction to criminally investigate Jonathan Ross?
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Senior Editor Anna Bower spoke with Carolyn Shapiro, co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute on the Supreme Court, and Bryna Godar, a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The discussion covered the state of Minnesota’s jurisdiction to criminally investigate Jonathan Ross, the ICE official who reportedly shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7. The conversation also covered obstacles state prosecutors might face in pursuing a potential prosecution and the likelihood that Ross could raise what’s known as “Supremacy Clause immunity."

Bryna Godar’s article on the subject for Slate can be found here. Carolyn Shapiro’s Lawfare piece is available here.

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Anna Bower

Anna Bower

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Anna Bower is a senior editor at Lawfare. Anna holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cambridge and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School. She joined Lawfare as a recipient of Harvard’s Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship in Public Service. Prior to law school, Anna worked as a judicial assistant for a Superior Court judge in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia. She also previously worked as a Fulbright Fellow at Anadolu University in Eskişehir, Turkey. A native of Georgia, Anna is based in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Bryna Godar

Bryna Godar

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Bryna Godar is a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her research focuses on state institutions, state constitutional law, and election law. Her article, "Disenfranchisement Creep," is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review.
Carolyn Shapiro

Carolyn Shapiro

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Carolyn Shapiro is the founder and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States and former Illinois solicitor general. She earned a B.A. with general and special honors in English from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from the University of Chicago Harris Graduate School of Public Policy, and a J.D. (high honors) from the University of Chicago Law School.
Jen Patja

Jen Patja

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Jen Patja is the editor of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, and serves as Lawfare’s Director of Audience Engagement. Previously, she was Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics and Deputy Director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, where she worked to deepen public understanding of constitutional democracy and inspire meaningful civic participation.
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