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>They can’t stop Trump’s funding cuts, remove federal troops stationed on their streets or reverse damaging policies beyond legal challenges — despite being the economic engines of the United States. Last year, metropolitan areas accounted for 90.8% of the country’s economic output, employed 88.2% of Americans and housed 86.4% of the population. The income cities generate also supports rural areas and small towns.
>Cities are never mentioned in the Constitution and have no official place in the US system of government. Over time, this has left their role open to interpretation.
>Cities are still constrained by a legal doctrine from the 1870s known as Dillon’s Rule, named for a judge in Iowa, that said states control cities. Most states adopted Dillion’s Rule in the nineteenth century, although a few like California, Oregon, and New York empower cities to set their own laws and manage local affairs, a principle known as home rule.
>Many states exert tight influence over cities, however, even passing legislation in recent years that preempt cities from adopting their own policies on issues like immigration, gay rights and the environment. For example, Texas passed a law in 2023 that prevented progressive cities from enacting legislation that didn’t align with the conservative state legislature, dubbed the “Death Star” law by opponents.
>Cities are often blamed for national problems like homelessness and crime. But they don’t control federal funding for housing assistance or set national gun laws.
>Cities also have limited ability to solve these problems since they don’t have direct control over the resources needed to tackle them. Roughly one-third of cities’ revenue comes from federal grants to states that are then doled out to cities.
>“The problem is that cities have responsibilities but not power,” said Richard Briffault, a law professor at Columbia University who studies state and local government. “Cities have to absorb the costs of poverty. If a lot of people can’t pay their rent or access health care, the consequences will show up at the local doorstep.”
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I increasingly expect Trump to just start going “I was reading about this man – this very great and smart man, very unfairly treated great man – named Pol Pot who…” in the same way he goes on about McKinley.
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I’ll be cold and dead in the ground before I pay for a CNN subscription
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>They can’t stop Trump’s funding cuts, remove federal troops stationed on their streets or reverse damaging policies beyond legal challenges — despite being the economic engines of the United States. Last year, metropolitan areas accounted for 90.8% of the country’s economic output, employed 88.2% of Americans and housed 86.4% of the population. The income cities generate also supports rural areas and small towns.
>Cities are never mentioned in the Constitution and have no official place in the US system of government. Over time, this has left their role open to interpretation.
>Cities are still constrained by a legal doctrine from the 1870s known as Dillon’s Rule, named for a judge in Iowa, that said states control cities. Most states adopted Dillion’s Rule in the nineteenth century, although a few like California, Oregon, and New York empower cities to set their own laws and manage local affairs, a principle known as home rule.
>Many states exert tight influence over cities, however, even passing legislation in recent years that preempt cities from adopting their own policies on issues like immigration, gay rights and the environment. For example, Texas passed a law in 2023 that prevented progressive cities from enacting legislation that didn’t align with the conservative state legislature, dubbed the “Death Star” law by opponents.
>Cities are often blamed for national problems like homelessness and crime. But they don’t control federal funding for housing assistance or set national gun laws.
>Cities also have limited ability to solve these problems since they don’t have direct control over the resources needed to tackle them. Roughly one-third of cities’ revenue comes from federal grants to states that are then doled out to cities.
>“The problem is that cities have responsibilities but not power,” said Richard Briffault, a law professor at Columbia University who studies state and local government. “Cities have to absorb the costs of poverty. If a lot of people can’t pay their rent or access health care, the consequences will show up at the local doorstep.”
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Link for the global warm and alive?
I increasingly expect Trump to just start going “I was reading about this man – this very great and smart man, very unfairly treated great man – named Pol Pot who…” in the same way he goes on about McKinley.