It's possible that such legislation might be seen as unconstitutional on the federal level. It might interfere with states' rights.beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 3:00 pmI realize we have to mostly blame our Republican controlled state legislature for overcontrol of us as a local entity, but why hasn't there been any effort in Congress to pass a bill striping the states of the ability to regulate local police forces? If we are the only one in the country that has this happen, it seems like it would be easy to pass. Democrats control the House, Senate and President right now. Why hasn't Cleaver submitted legislation? It seems it might be more important than anything else he's working on.Fountains wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:03 pm What are the ramifications if this is true?
https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-11-18/ka ... gwen-grant
The Supreme Court might say a state needs to retain the power to intercede in local policing. Examples might be local police departments refusing to enforce state laws, applying laws unfairly, or with a bias toward specific citizens; and dealing with local corrupt police departments, which is what happened in the case of St. Louis and Kansas City under political bosses.
Granted, it's ridiculous that Kansas City is still under state control decades after the problem existed.
I wonder though how the SC would view a case asserting that the state is punishing a city for political reasons, or pass laws to punish local politicians for their political views or actions.