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   From: maximusheadroom@gmx.com   
      
   In news:5T24P.55497$A9x9.13268@fx13.iad, a425couple    
   typed:   
      
   > On 12/2/24 13:49, max headroom wrote:   
      
   >> County in Washington State Cannot Block ICE Deportation Flights, Appeals   
   >> Court Rules   
      
   >> A federal court has struck down King County's ban on ICE deportation   
   flights,   
   >> citing federal supremacy and breach of contractual obligations.   
      
   >> A federal appeals court has ruled that an order in King County, Washington,   
   >> barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using a   
   >> Seattle-area airport to deport illegal immigrants from the country is   
   >> unlawful, affirming a lower court's summary judgment and clearing the way   
   >> for the removals to continue.   
      
   >> Judge Daniel A. Bress of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit   
   >> wrote in the Nov. 29 opinion that a 2019 executive order issued by King   
   >> County Executive Dow Constantine that prohibited the ICE deportation flights   
   >> was unlawful. The ruling identified two primary legal violations:   
   >> discrimination against federal operations under the supremacy clause of the   
   >> U.S. Constitution and breach of a World War II-era instrument of transfer   
   >> agreement governing the airport's use.   
      
   >> Bress wrote that the executive order's flight ban "discriminatorily burdens   
   >> the United States" in the enforcement of federal immigration law and that   
   >> this "discrimination, plain on the face of the Order, contravenes the   
   >> intergovernmental immunity doctrine." Rooted in the supremacy clause, the   
   >> intergovernmental immunity doctrine protects federal government operations   
   >> from discriminatory or obstructive actions by state and local governments.   
      
   > And yet, it appears the idiot Washington Democrats seem headed towards   
   > appointing stupid Dow Constantine to head the University of Washington!   
      
   Being an idiot has never been detrimental to a Democrat's career in Washington   
   State.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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