Oversight Case Files

This educational resource documents use-of-force incidents, congressional hearings, formal votes, and instances where constitutional oversight authority existed but was not exercised.

This hub indexes documented cases where constitutional oversight authority existed and was not exercised, or was exercised properly and recorded.

Each entry links to a full case file containing verified reporting, documented authority, and the oversight actions taken or not taken.

This is not opinion. It is a public record.

Index Scope and Growth

This index documents constitutional oversight across all three branches of government

"CAN 2026 publishes only documented cases verified through primary sources including Congressional Record, court documents, official transcripts, and contemporaneous reporting. Categories expand as additional cases are researched and verified."

Categories

  1. Congressional Oversight Actions and Inactions Oversight
    Subpoenas not issued, hearings blocked, investigations buried, war powers abdicated.

  2. Federal Use-of-Force and Enforcement Cases
    ICE, Border Patrol, DHS, federal law enforcement actions involving death, injury, or rights violations.

  3. Judicial Non-Intervention
    Courts declining review, emergency relief denied, warrants rejected or oversight deferred.

  4. War Powers and National Security Oversight Failures
    Unauthorized military action, Senate abdication, executive unilateralism.

  5. Detention, Custody, and Civil Rights Oversight Failures
    Deaths in custody, detention conditions, due process failures.

  6. Election and Democratic Process Oversight Failures
    January 6 related oversight, election interference accountability gaps.

  7. Documented Accountability Actions (Honored Oaths)

Oversight Status Indicators

Each case displays a current status based on documented institutional action:

  • 🔴 No oversight initiated

  • 🟡 Partial oversight

  • 🟢 Oversight underway

Statuses are reviewed and updated as new records become available.

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Select a case below to view the full documentation.

Congressional Oversight Actions and Inactions Oversight

House Judiciary Hearing – Special Counsel Jack Smith, January 22, 2026
Record Type: Congressional oversight failure
Status: 🔴 No substantive oversight initiated
January 2026 → [View Case File]

Epstein Files Transparency Act, December 19, 2025
Record Type: Statutory compliance failure
Status: 🟡 Partial action, no formal hearings
November 2025 – February 2026 → View Case File

Federal Use-of-Force and Enforcement Cases

Alex Pretti, Minneapolis, January 24, 2026
Record Type: Federal use-of-force oversight failure
Status: 🔴 No oversight initiated
January 2026 → [View Case File]

Renée Good, Minneapolis, January 7, 2026
Record Type: Federal use-of-force oversight failure
Status: 🔴 No oversight initiated
January 2026 → [View Case File]

Judicial Non-Intervention

War Powers and National Security Oversight

Senate War Powers Vote on Venezuela
Record Type: War powers oversight failure
Status: 🔴 No oversight initiated
January 2026 → View Case File

Detention, Custody, and Civil Rights Oversight Failures

Election and Democratic Process Oversight Failures

Documented Accountability Actions (Honored Oaths)