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Re:Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreatio... by benatkin on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:13PM (#35683277)
When I disagreed with "California cannot override the federal government." I didn't mean to override their law on a theoretical level but their authority on a practical level.

Sanctuary cities have shown that the state/local governments partially override the federal government on an overall basis, though not so much directly in individual cases (though they are able to request, not demand, and get their way in a lot of individual cases).

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Re:Delaware will become the 22nd state to legalize recreatio... by dragonwriter on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:17PM (#35692595)
> Sanctuary cities have shown that the state/local governments partially override the federal government on an overall basis

No, they don’t.

Sanctuary cities are not sanctuaries from the federal law the “sanctuary” status references, merely ones where the city has prohibited public resources from being used to provide extra, nonmandatory, help to the feds.

“Not actively helping” isn’t “overriding”.

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