11/20/2017

LEGAL/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A federal judge on Monday [11-20-17] permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut funding from cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.
U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick rejected the administration’s argument that the executive order applies only to a relatively small pot of money and said Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress.
The judge had previously made the same arguments in a ruling that put a temporary hold on the executive order targeting so-called sanctuary cities. The Trump administration has appealed that decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Orrick’s ruling came in lawsuits brought by two California counties, San Francisco and Santa Clara.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said the ruling was ‘a victory for the American people and the rule of law.’…
A lawyer for the DOJ argued during a hearing before Orrick in April that the executive order applied to only a few grants that would affect less than $1 million for Santa Clara County and possibly no money for San Francisco.
But the judge disagreed, saying in his rulings that the order was written broadly to ‘reach all federal grants’ and potentially jeopardized hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to San Francisco and Santa Clara.”

-The Associated Press, “Judge Permanently Blocks Trump Sanctuary Cities Order,” The New York Times online, Nov. 20, 2017 11:39pm