Our
likely-not-heaven-bound
Supreme
Leader
has
been
trying
to
lay
down
the
framework
he
needs
to
invoke
the
Insurrection
Act
and
step
all
over
states’
rights.
But
it
is
hard
to
believe
things
are
nearly
as
dire
as
he’s
making
things
out
to
be.
Portland
is
way
more
overrun
with
nude
bicyclists
and
craft
beer
than
it
is
with
crime,
no
matter
how
often
the
administration
tries
to
paint
a
different
picture.
Some
of
the
most
important
non-cooperation
has
come
from
Portland’s
Mayor.
Portland
isn’t
the
only
city
fighting
back
against
Trump’s
threats
to
deploy
the
national
guard.
San
Francisco
was
also
targeted
—
and
their
DA
is
ready
to
remind
the
National
Guard
that
none
of
them
are
above
the
law.
Politico
has
coverage:
San
Francisco’s
top
cop
suggested
she’d
consider
bringing
excessive
force
or
other
charges
against
troops
deployed
by
Donald
Trump
to
her
city,
an
unprecedented
and
legally
questionable
move
as
the
conflict
between
the
president
and
Democrats
in
California
escalates.Brooke
Jenkins,
the
city’s
district
attorney
and
a
moderate
Democrat,
told
Playbook,
“If
I
believe,
and
have
conviction,
that
we
can
meet
our
burden
and
charges
are
appropriate,
that
I
won’t
hesitate
to
do
so.”
Three
cheers
for
not
obeying
in
advance!
Strong
states
and
cities
are
meant
to
function
as
a
layer
of
protection
from
a
power-hungry
federal
government,
but
that
is
only
reliable
if
cities
and
states
are
actually
willing
to
draw
lines
in
the
sand
and
confront
legal
hurdles
as
they
pop
up.
San
Fran
looks
positioned
to
do
just
that.
San
Francisco
DA
Says
She
‘Won’t
Hesitate’
To
Bring
Charges
Against
Federal
Agents
[Politico]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.