ArcticGranite
Well-Known Member
I like the way all this is put by Ravi Batra, the lawyer for the Assembly members suing de Blasio. He is as full of enthusiasm for immigration as any New Yorker. But he sees a public safety issue and also gets the supremacy clause of the Constitution.
That clause says the Constitution, federal laws and treaties “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” and “the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,” local laws to the contrary notwithstanding. So he’s a Democrat in court against the city.
“Before I’m a Democrat, I’m an American,” he explains.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/25/sanctuary-cities-must-still-obey-the-constitution/
That clause says the Constitution, federal laws and treaties “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” and “the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,” local laws to the contrary notwithstanding. So he’s a Democrat in court against the city.
“Before I’m a Democrat, I’m an American,” he explains.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/25/sanctuary-cities-must-still-obey-the-constitution/
