Locals are right about one thing. It’s none of the feds business.
OK, but who’s going to stop localities from trampling all over private property rights?
Home Depot should not be forced to provide these accomodations.
However, the Federal government has no Constitutional power to tell the cities that they can’t enact such laws.
Home Depot can move out of the jurisdiction of these petty local tyrants.
But it is still extortion by the locals.
Actually it is the Feds business. They should be there busting illegals and shipping them back home.
These labor sites are mostly ilegals hanging around looking for jobs. Send the illegals home and the problem is solved.
“Locals are right about one thing. It’s none of the feds business.”
The locals are forcing companies to provide facilities for people trespassing on their property.
The fed should be arresting those day laborers that are illegals.
“Locals are right about one thing. It’s none of the feds business.”
The Feds should cut off ALL federal funds to any city/county that provides/requires anything but a call to the Border Patrol to come and haul them awsy.
Very true.
While I sympathize with Home Depot on this issue, it is outside the authority of the Federal Government to ban the local governments from doing this.
Home Depot should take this issue up with the State governments in which these localities reside.
Normally, I'd be inclined to agree, but not in this case. Constitutionally, the federal government does have the responsibility to ensure that States and localities ensure the protection of the constitutional rights of all citizens of the nation. Localities which attempt to force Home Depot to provide shelter and supplies for day labourers are infringing upon the property rights of the stores, which in turn invokes this particular reverse federalism (federalism works both ways, after all).
Actually it can rightfully be the federal government’s business.
Home Depot has the 1st amendment right to petition the government over grievances, whether that petition be directed at the congress or the courts. There are also property rights issues that the local government is interferring with.
In fact, the USSC has already covered this matter under its Tigard decision. Forcing Home Depot to build shelters for illegals in order to secure permission to build or expand a business establishment is probably an illegal exaction and also arbitrary and capricious under the court’s Tigard test.
It’s a very muddy ruling and could be cleaned up better by bringing a case such as this before the court again.
Home Depot needs to take these local fascists before the bench and publically whip them in court. What the locals can do to Home Depot could also be applied to Mom & Pop’s local eatery.
There are dozens of sites where you can read the Tigard case. Here’s one site:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg17n3-lynch.html
If 'Day Laborer' really means 'illegal immigrant', then it most certainly is the feds business.