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Trump loophole for 'limitless source of power' demolished by federal judges
What happened
AlterNet reports that federal judges rejected key parts of the Trump administration’s attempt to use the Constitution’s supremacy clause to expand federal authority over immigration enforcement and voting. In New York, U.S. District Judge Ramón Reyes dismissed a Justice Department challenge to New York City’s sanctuary policies on October 15, finding that the federal government lacked standing and could not force local officials to carry out federal immigration policy.
The administration also sued in California to prevent ballots from roughly 20,000 people it considers likely…
The skinny
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