David Rivkin and Elizabeth Price Foley made a very important argument against those who says President-elect Donald Trump cannot cut federal funding for sanctuary cities. Both agreed that Trump can do that legally.
It can be recalled that some cities and public universities have vowed to resist the plan to deport undocumented criminals by doubling down on sanctuary policies. In response, Trump has pledged to curtail federal funding for sanctuary providers. Activists, predictably, are crying foul, and some legal scholars, such as Harvard’s Noah Feldman, have even claimed that such a response would be unconstitutional.
It can be recalled that some cities and public universities have vowed to resist the plan to deport undocumented criminals by doubling down on sanctuary policies. In response, Trump has pledged to curtail federal funding for sanctuary providers. Activists, predictably, are crying foul, and some legal scholars, such as Harvard’s Noah Feldman, have even claimed that such a response would be unconstitutional.