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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Seth Leibsohn: The Truth About "Sanctuary Cities"
Description: The House Judiciary Committee just held hearings on so-called “Sanctuary Cities,” bringing in various mayors trying to justify their policies I say “so-called sanctuary cities” because that is the Orwellian term for what should be called “nullification cities.” These mayors are nullifying federal law. Liberals used to oppose such doctrines in the name of protecting all of our civil rights—recall Martin Luther King specifically denouncing Alabama Governor George Wallace in his “I Have a Dream” speech for exactly that. In our republican form of government, localities don’t get to veto federal law, not on behalf of racial segregation a...