Posted on 07/12/2019 2:18:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration's efforts to prioritize federal dollars for local policing to towns and cities that complied with certain immigration policies.
The ruling, a split 2-1 decision, ruled that the Justice Department was within its rights to withhold Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants from sanctuary cities and states over their refusal to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities and instead prioritize agencies that focused on unauthorized immigration and agreed to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to jail records and immigrants in custody.
The city of Los Angeles first sued the administration after it was denied a $3 million grant on the grounds that it did not receive the money because it did not focus on immigration for its community policing grant application. The decision reversed a district court’s ruling.
“The panel rejected Los Angeles’s argument that DOJ’s practice of giving additional consideration to applicants that choose to further the two specified federal goals violated the Constitution’s Spending Clause,” wrote Judge Sandra Ikuta, joined by Judge Jay Bybee.
“The panel held that DOJ did not exceed its statutory authority in awarding bonus points to applicants that selected the illegal immigration focus area or that agreed to the Certification.”
Judge Kim Wardlaw wrote in dissent that the Justice Department’s efforts to prioritize immigration in determining the awarding of COPS grants was “Orwellian” and said the majority’s ruling goes “astray.”
“The majority goes astray by finding no meaning in Congress’s use of the term ‘community-oriented policing’ and then deferring under Chevron to DOJ’s Orwellian effort to define ‘community-oriented policing’ to include “partnering with federal law enforcement to address illegal immigration,” she wrote.
“Congress did not authorize COPS grants for anything other than placing additional state and local cops on the beat and promote community partnerships.”
Congress created the fund in 1994 to provide federal assistance to state and local law enforcement to get more cops on beats and improve police-community interaction. It allowed the Justice Department to administer the funds.
President Trump has repeatedly railed against sanctuary cities as he touts his hardline immigration stances.
He floated the idea earlier this year of retaliating by releasing undocumented immigrants and refugees and last year to the cities. He also issued an executive order last year blocking sanctuary cities from receiving certain federal funding. San Francisco sued over the order, and ultimately won its case.
“Orwellian”
The judge must have read a book by Orwell that I missed.
Wow, this is the second, recent win for the Trump administration at the 9th Circuit!
Today on Jay Sekulow’s radio program, they were talking about Planned Parenthood losing their attempt to stop the Trump administration from stripping them of $60 million of taxpayer money.
Planned Parenthood sent out a tweet, calling the decision, “devastating.”
You can read more about it here...
Thanks...The 9th circus has become more balanced that it’s been for many tears and President Trump will make it tilt conservative in the next 5 1/2 years.
I think, after the census with the citizen figures, and after house seats are allocated based on citizens, Trump should start transporting illegals to sanctuary cities. Watch them scream when they can’t be counted
ZOINKS! The 9’th circuit ruled in favor of Trump?
President Trump, with the help of McConnell and the Senate Republicans, are changing the 9th Circuit Court to a court more aligned with American values ... a NEW thing! Cheers!
It's all in the pencil.
Move money for the bastards out of the account he can't control into the one the court just ruled he could cut those cities out of and he can end most Federal money they now receive.
oh i didn’t realize they were changign that court- i knew hey wanted to because of all the rulings against conservatives, but didn’t realize they had already
Amazing to hear “Ninth Circuit Court” and good news in the same sentence.
MAGA
any good news coming out of the communist 9th Circus.. is super wonderful! MAGA!
Heh heh heh.... The plan is working!
Near freezing in Hell.
Rahm Emmanuel (former mayor) crowed LOUDLY when he "defeated" President Trump ... well, Emmanuel's gone, a feminazi lesbian black mayor took his place and she just ordered CPD to not assist ICE in any way this weekend.
Well, pull the funds from Chicago! Make it so Mr. President!
If the Ninth Circuit keeps this up, the Devil’s gonna need a snow plow.
link to the opinion and order ....
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/12/18-55599.pdf
I love it. :^)
Thanks!
Go woke, go broke!
Finally Republicans stick in the knife. I wonder where they found their balls at?
I seem to recall seeing that about 45% of the 9th is now constitutional judges.
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