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Swordsmyth
08-01-2018, 07:19 PM
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that a San Francisco Judge went too far last April with a nationwide injunction against President Trump's January Executive Order, which would withhold funding from "sanctuary" cities and counties. The panel, however, agreed that Trump may not withhold funding from San Francisco or Santa Clara County for limiting their cooperation with immigration enforcement officials.

Majority on divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel affirms grant of summary judgment invalidating the withholding of federal grants to sanctuary cities but vacates nationwide injunction: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the https://t.co/gjkrzHYwEg
— Howard Bashman (@howappealing) August 1, 2018 (https://twitter.com/howappealing/status/1024709796744884224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The panel (1) affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City and County of SanFrancisco and the County of Santa Clara in an action challenging Executive Order 13,768, “Enhancing PublicSafety in the Interior of the United States,” which directed the withholding of federal grants to so-called sanctuary jurisdictions; (2) vacated a nationwide injunction. -9th Circuit
"Given the absence of specific findings underlying the nationwide application of the injunction, the panel vacated the nationwide injunction and remanded for reconsideration and further findings," the panel ruled.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-01/sf-judge-went-too-far-nationwide-injunction-against-defunding-sanctuary-cities