As a non American
| "Sanctuary city" is just a polite way of "not conforming with federal law".
Last time this happened was in the South and the National Guard was called upon to enforce Washington's will.
For some reason, the US does not want to do that anymore.
| >>1083237
>not conforming with federal law
constitutional law beats federal law
The US constitution grants a good portion of autonomy to federal subunits.
Of course this was and is exploited by criminals and ideological driven lobbyists. Usually they are rich US citizens and rightists like evangelicals, racists and weapon lobbyists. But because "sanctuary cities" seem to be a political left/liberal project certain people suddenly start to cry about it.
| >>1083296
A lot of words to say nothing with.
Article VI, Clause 2 makes federal law the "supreme Law of the Land." The Constitution explicitly grants Congress power over naturalization (Article I, Section 8, Clause 4) and foreign affairs (which implicitly covers immigration).
I'm aware the 10th Amendment exists. The Supreme Court clarified the boundary of state autonomy on this issue in https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/11-182
But, as usual, you would prefer to seethe.
| >>1083303
First of all, throwing around legal mumbo-jumbo doesn't make your words more substantial.
Next thing is that it is normal for static law texts from a different era unavoidably to contradictory situations in rapidly changing world. "Sanctuary Cities" are such a case, where the granted autonomy of federate subjects contradicts the supremacy of central government.
| And last but not least, those who shout "OBEY THE LAAAAAW" are bending and ditching laws all the time.
Some people only want to see problems if they can connect them somehow to "the others".
A certain Elon Musk for example became billionaire by undermining law with his "financial service", which in fact was (and still is) a bank but somehow he made appear not being a bank (avoiding transaction taxation, which existed between some us states).
| All those billionaire business practices are about bending and systematically breaking law. But certain people prefer to lick those criminals boots while at the same time stomping on those who they believe being lower then them. And when those people resist some of those bootlickers suddenly see a problem with tricking and bending law. So ridicolous.
| >>1083312
I cited a recent interpretation of the law in that post, thank you. I doubt you took the time to read even the synopsis.
"Nobody is above the law" until it's inconvenient. Many such cases!
| >>1083316
She doesn’t and interacting with her only harms my mental health. I will say that these appeals to the law should be abandoned. For instance, the constitution contradicts itself, and sanctuary cities, while in clear violation of the federalist principle, also are for the principle of promoting the welfare of the inhabitants of the USA, for instance.
| A better example is free speech. Both corporate consolidation and women/brown people laws create an environment where people cannot freely exercise meaningful speech on anything which goes against whoever it is who sets the ‘work safe’ opinions. Part of the schizophrenia we see in both parties claiming loyalty to ‘the constitution’ is because they can’t just say what they mean or want, because you could get fired.
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Life in the USA is still better than most places, if you are employed. There’s no reason to rage, try to cope, and live well. But don’t fight for ‘the law’ or ‘the constitution.’ Fight for what is best for humanity so far as you can tell, and understand you can’t do very much and don’t be a martyr for no reason. Find friends.
| >>1083333
>people cannot freely exercise meaningful speech on anything which goes against whoever it is who sets the ‘work safe’ opinions.
What you describe is no direct result of federal law. If an employer fires a person because of racist views or molesting women it's a thing between the employer and employee. This "freedom of contract" is guaranteed by the constitution. Again certain people never saw a problem with it when it was about firing people unionist activities.
| >>1083334
Being employee in the US is probably only worse in India from all countries being commonly describted as "democracy".
Your "public healthcare" is still a joke, paid holiday is rare, hire and fire culture is very bad and dare you become sick or even worse join a trade union.
Even the higher paid jobs have become more unattractive. High loans are sucked in by banks and real estate owner dynasties. And the anti-intelectualism in the trumpist regime scares qualified people.
| The US constitution puts individual private rights (most important the right of private ownership) about everything else. "Free speech" for example can easily be undermined by the private ownership of media and communication platforms/infrastructure, especially if they are oligo- or monopolistic. As far as I know the US does not even have public broadcast channels. All information comes from CNN and Fox-news, both owned by millio- and billionaires.
| The only people I know whose perception about the "greatness" of their own country are as deluded as US Americans are North Koreans.
| The USA aren't respected for their greatness in the world. I fact people in other "democracies" look down on the US and pity its people.
The only reason why the rest of the world cares about the US is because they have a large army, navy and nuclear bombs. No one would ever adapt "the american way of life" voluntary. Which makes the US pretty similiar to russia, just on a global scale.
| >>1083350
LoL you're so fucking clueless and a product of ruzzian propaganda.
The only noteworthy similarity between USA and ruzzia is how uneducated and dumb the common folk is.
| >>1083349
russia is just as deluded as North Korea. Everyone except ruzkis understand this. You can't lie to us, Ivan.
| >>1083357
Russian people know their government lies to them. They're just to much cowardish to stand up against it.
The access to diverse information for North Korean people is/was way more restricted for a much longer time (yeah, russia is keeping up).
In the USA on the other hand, most people are just stupid enough to believe any bullshit as long it it presented with enough special effects by some billionaire companies.
| If there still were free elections in russia, I doubt Pitler would get elected again as president. I mean this is why he successively and then abruptly ended democracy there. And this is exactly what Trump is trying to do in the US. He already tried it once, when the other senile oligarch puppet Biden was elected.
| >>1083346
Very much agreed we didn’t have free speech in the past either- people weren’t able to be gay or work for the people and have jobs and things. But this also was a failure to defend the first amendment. The constitution does not work and appeals to it are in bad faith. It’s understandable to be inspired by its ideals maybe, but saying something is in violation of it, only means it exists in the real world.
| >>1083347
This is very false, though looking at what you are I see why you think that. Most people don’t need health care or trade unions, and pay is waaaaay better in USA than most other places. The anti intellectualism is indeed tiring, but people like Epstein were cool and intellectual and had friends, if you're good socially like he was, (I am not) you can probably find intellectual people. But having money is really important to a good life.
| Hire and fire culture is good. Prevents useless people and low productivity.
| >>1083348
Very true, about individual rights being trampled by the strong. There are public broadcasters still at the state level, I think the public radio might still exist using private donations, not sure. The thing is, as I understand it, in Europe, where they have government approved things dominate the public sphere, you’re only allowed to say what’s popular with those who have social instead of financial power. So you can’t be racist there because women don’t like it.
| >>1083356
USA and Russia also have imperial history, large rivers, large landmass. Fairly similar. I like the intellectual Russians I’ve met, much better than the average American I meet, but it’s not a fair sample. The stupid Americans and Russians aren’t online in foreign languages.
I’m not sure there IS an American way of life, I think it’s just living in an industrial world. I don’t think driving vs taking bus or apartment vs small house are very different
| I’m like a river, calm and smooth but super strong and gradual. A river might not seem to have substance but it still has lots of mass
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| Who the hell come up with sanctuary city? Why are they making a UK version of a city? Did all the raw American steak rot their brain?