Our likely-not-heaven-bound Supreme Leader has been trying to lay down the framework he needs to invoke the Insurrection Act and step all over states’ rights. But it is hard to believe things are nearly as dire as he’s making things out to be. Portland is way more overrun with nude bicyclists and craft beer than it is with crime, no matter how often the administration tries to paint a different picture. Some of the most important non-cooperation has come from Portland’s Mayor.
Portland isn’t the only city fighting back against Trump’s threats to deploy the national guard. San Francisco was also targeted — and their DA is ready to remind the National Guard that none of them are above the law. Politico has coverage:
San Francisco’s top cop suggested she’d consider bringing excessive force or other charges against troops deployed by Donald Trump to her city, an unprecedented and legally questionable move as the conflict between the president and Democrats in California escalates.
Brooke Jenkins, the city’s district attorney and a moderate Democrat, told Playbook, “If I believe, and have conviction, that we can meet our burden and charges are appropriate, that I won’t hesitate to do so.”
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Three cheers for not obeying in advance! Strong states and cities are meant to function as a layer of protection from a power-hungry federal government, but that is only reliable if cities and states are actually willing to draw lines in the sand and confront legal hurdles as they pop up. San Fran looks positioned to do just that.
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.