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Database. >> the white house said this afternoon that refusals like yours are mostly a political stunt. to play devil's advocate here, if publicly available data is a matter of public record, why take issue of providing it to the federal government? >> well, first let's make sure that we make well aware to all the viewers that are out there that this request goes beyond publicly available information. social security numbers, your dates of birth, your entire voting history, whether you've served in the military, criminal convictions, it's overly broad, it's sensitive, personal voter informatio...

Local activity. this would allow them to peenl penalize the ones who don't comply with that. >> can the federal government say, you must do this? >> so, it can't. i might think at first blush that, look, immigration is purely the province of the federal government, therefore, it can tell anyone what to do about anything that has to do with immigration, but that's want the case. >> it can't. >> constitutionally. under the 10th amendment, the federal government can't force cities to carry out federal policy. then you run into another problem. once a person has finished serving their state time, ...

No matter what side you are on, that looks like the first couple of steps towards permanent division. >> well, i completely agree with your opening comment that we have not been as politically and culturally divided since the civil war. but, you blame the framers. as you implied. they built in a disz persian, not a concentration of power between state and federal where had you to fight it out often on particular issues. and then, of course, three branches of government, but right now we have one party controlling all three branches in a sense. but when you say both parties kind of have been do...

Them. you must require what was not required of you when you first took the funding. it's very, very narrow and why the department of justice responded in the way it did. it comes down the 10th amendment. it's a nod to the very conservative justices who already said you cannot do this. ts to the rr the funny thing about pres dense. it works both ways. >> this is basically constitutional law 101 as kirsten said. that being said, this can be carried out by congress, but congress does have to aby to precedent, including a case south dakota versus dole which set out a road map on to how congress c...

Enforce federal law. number three, president trump is dually elected and has the authority toissue executive orders that have to do with the implementation of federal law. i think it's perfectly reasonable for the federal gumpt with hold funds from cities and counties that are not following the rule of law and not complying with federal law. >> well, there's a 10th amendment that says you cannot common dear our local state and police officers. and said listen, you cannot condition federal funding in a coersive way that is akin of placing a gun to the head of these states. if they were to condi...