Page 2 - Anna Gallon News Today

Being basically part of the administrative apparatus dealing with immigration. thats problem one. problem to two is the law itself tries to reduce the states and localities into administrative cogs in the machinery of the federal government and the supreme court said in the 1997 case dealing with the brady handgun violence prevention act that you cant -- the federal government cannot commandeer the resources and the bureaucracies of state and local governments. >> in fact, this is an abiding bel...

Again youre seeing that on the state and local level. well e itncreasingly on the federal level as well. >> congresan, what role do you have in a congressional minority in the house which is often not particularly empowered. the house gives a lot of power to the majority. not like the senate where theres procedural elements that every senator has access to. what do you see as your role as you watch these executive orders being issued and the ones you substantively dont agree with how you oppose ...

The moist territory that would be covered at the border with mexico. and hes a republican congressman. and so were starting to see big cracks in that republican coalition as a lot of the republican leaders increasingly want to distance themselves from what the trump administration is doing. >> and theyre hearing from their constituents. >> well file briefs when we can and fight on the floor wherever we can. >> congressman jamie raskin, anna gallon of move on, thank you for joining us. thats "a...