Posted on 03/12/2018 8:23:44 AM PDT by Cheerio
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions warned California on Wednesday that "there is no secession" from federal jurisdiction as he appeared before members of the California Peace Officers Assn. in Sacramento to announce a lawsuit against three so-called "sanctuary state" laws. To no one's surprise, his claims drew immediate rebukes from state officials. Gov. Jerry Brown's initial response after the suit was filed late Tuesday stands as one of the better jabs in this political fight: "At a time of unprecedented political turmoil, Jeff Sessions has come to California to further divide and polarize America. Jeff, these political stunts may be the norm in Washington, but they don't work here. SAD!!!" He followed it at a news conference with another shot at Sessions, a former U.S. senator: "A fellow from Alabama talking to us about secession?" Grab the popcorn; this could get interesting.
Oddly, we (sort of) welcome the Trump administration's legal challenge in hopes that it will clarify not just for state officials, but for the federal government where the lines of responsibility and culpability might lie. We suspect the courts will side with California on most if not all of the legal issues Session's lawsuit raises, and in the process could underscore the reality that California's menu of state and local laws limiting involvement with federal immigration enforcement do not offer anyone anything remotely like sanctuary.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson!
Another article from the LA Times editorial board that is 500 words and says nothing.
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Go ahead we’re listening.....
At least even Coward county arrested and charged Cruz. Jeff would have sued him.
Which the Federal Government will completely ignore, as it does most of the Constitution. But hey, if we agree with action, then it being Unconstitutional is just fine. Words that should be written on America’s tombstone.
Fed law does TRUMP state law, the sweet irony that it was proven By Holder and Obama makes it even better...
In 2010, then Attorney General Eric Holder sued Arizona over state law S.B. 1070
“Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility,” Holder stated at the time regarding his decision to sue Arizona over the law. “Seeking to address the issue through a patchwork of state laws will only create more problems than it solves.”
Holder further argued that the Constitution “forbids” Arizona from replacing federal policy “with its own state-specific immigration policy.”
Your correct about that but, I do believe that it could be done just by reversing the admitting process.
LA Daily News had a good article on this—I posted yesterday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3638973/posts
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Which the Federal Government will completely ignore, as it does most of the Constitution. But hey, if we agree with action, then it being Unconstitutional is just fine. Words that should be written on America’s tombstone.
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I just find it incredulous (oh, whom am I bullsh!tting) a multi-term Senator\scum-sucking lawyer (I repeat myself) would bastardize the DoI/C as he did. IMO, that’s immediate termination; but I expect nothing better from our Banana Republic (w/o the bananas).
The Times Editorial Board now proclaims itself as a body of legal scholars? We’ve seen lots of undeserved journalistic hubris but that ploy ranks as one of top ones.
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