Texas Sanctuary City Ban Upheld

There was a boatload of non-federal-Government-staffing-decisions news this week, and I’m still catching up on it.

One of the bigger items: The federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ “sanctuary cities” ban:

Texas law is clear: “The Texas Constitution prohibits a city from acting in a manner inconsistent with the general laws of the state. Thus, the legislature may, by general law, withdraw a particular subject from a home rule city’s domain.”

Snip.

The plaintiffs have not made a showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits of any of their constitutional claims except as to the enforcement of Tex. Gov’t Code § 752.053(a)(1)’s “endorse” provision against elected officials. The foregoing discussion demonstrates there is no merit in their remaining arguments, and none of the other challenged provisions of SB4 facially violate the Constitution. Accordingly, we AFFIRM in part the district court’s preliminary injunction, VACATE in large part and remand with instructions to DISMISS the vacated injunction provisions.

Now let’s see if we can just get those Democratic Party enclaves to obey the ruling…

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6 Responses to “Texas Sanctuary City Ban Upheld”

  1. jabrwok says:
    March 18, 2018 at 5:48 PM

    Now let’s see if we can just get those Democratic Party enclaves to obey the ruling…

    And if they don’t? Can the state declare a city to be in a state of insurrection and declare martial law?

  2. Lawrence Person says:
    March 18, 2018 at 6:27 PM

    It wouldn’t be a matter of martial law, it would be the state filing lawsuits and withholding pass-through money for various programs and accounts until the municipalities were in compliance.

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  6. Obama's boyfriend says:
    March 21, 2018 at 11:33 PM

    If a city refuses to obey State laws I assume the State can with hold funding, refuse entrance to State educational institutions, deny licenses and building permits, etc.

    I also assume charges of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting can be leveled at those assisting law breakers.

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