1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,279 Speaker 1: Well, now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: exploring legal issues in the news and Today, Bloomberg LA 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: host Jum Grasso and Michael Best discuss a federal judge 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: ruling that the Justice Department can't withhold millions of dollars 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: from so called sanctuary cities for refusing to share the 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: immigration status of suspects and police custody. They speak with 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: Ilia Soman, a professor at the George Mason University and 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: an in Scalia School of Law. Ilia, this is a 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: temporary ruling until the city's lawsuit against the Justice Department 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: is over. So how big a victory is it. It's 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: a pretty significant victory because even though technically the ruling 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: is just on a preliminary injunction until the case is settled, 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: the standard forgetting this preliminary ruling is based on who 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: is whitely to succeed when the case is fully resolved. 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: So the judge inting very much tipped his hand on 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: what he thinks about that. So at least on two 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: of the three issues involved, uh, it seems very whitely 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: that the city will prevail when the judge makes his 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: final ruling. Well, Elliott tell us what did the judge 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: conclude in order to issue this injunction? What was his reasoning? Sure, So, 21 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: in order for the federal government to set conditions on 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: grant money that goes to states or localities, the Supreme 23 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: Court has long said that those conditions have to be 24 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: imposed by Congress, and they have to be clearly stated 25 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: in the line question. They can't just be ambiguously hidden somewhere, 26 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: and unlike like in this case, they cannot be made 27 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: up by the executive after the fact. So two of 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: the three conditions that the Trump administration wanted to impose, 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: the judge ruled they simply aren't there in the law. 30 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: They're simply ones that Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General, wanted 31 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: to impose, but Congress never authorized it. The third condition, 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: on the other hand, the judge, through what I think 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: is convoluted and flawed reasoning, ultimately decided is likely imposed 34 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: by the law. But at least he reaffirmed the very 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: important principle at the president and the Attorney General can't 36 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: simply make up new grant conditions after the fact. And 37 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: that's a very important statement that had significance that goes 38 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: beyond this case, because there are many other federal grant 39 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: programs out there the states and localities depend on, and 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: if the administration could just make up new conditions for 41 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: grant recipients, they would have an enormous stick to wield 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: over states and local governments, and they would be able 43 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: to circumvent Congress when they wanted to And to Ilia Sulman, 44 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: a professor at the George Mason University and n Scalia 45 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: School of Law, speaking with Bloomberg Laho, student Grasso and 46 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: Michael Best. 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