Dan Bishop: “Didn't the President use 212(f) authority here in order to have an early intervention to stop Chinese…”

In part yes; in part no. That is to say, as the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia just read the section, it prohibits the Council from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences. It does not prevent the D.C. Council…

the Censorship Accountability Act to actually hold Federal employees personally liable for violating the First Amendment of American citizens.

The Supreme Court of the United States has at no time ordered us to withdraw our concertina wire.

I think Congress really needs to look at this problem of preemption as a significant one that erodes States' rights.