The Daily 202: Republican judges warn of ‘tyranny’ as they block Trump on ‘sanctuary cities’
Republican judges warn of ‘tyranny’ as they block Trump on ‘sanctuary cities’ Trump, anti-immigration allies lash 'sanctuary' cities with strong language BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: A panel of three judges, each appointed by a Republican president to the federal appeals court in Chicago, ruled unanimously on Thursday against President Trump’s effort to withhold money from “sanctuary cities.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction that blocks the Justice Department from using “the sword of federal funding to conscript state and local authorities to aid in federal civil immigration enforcement.” Trump’s latest courtroom defeat offers yet another civics lesson about checks and balances for the first president in American history who lacks any prior governing or military experience. Unlike congressional Republican...