‘Constitutional Republic City’: City Council Votes To Declare COVID Independence

OROVILLE, Calif. (CBS Sacramento) — The metropolis of Oroville, California is getting nationalist attraction for announcing they volition not travel arguable orders issued by the politician oregon president. The combat stems from a fig of national and authorities pandemic extortion mandates.

Oroville metropolis leaders are launching a solution revolution. In a 6-1 vote, the metropolis assembly declared Oroville a “Constitutional Republic City.”

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“This mandate is not saying we are against laws oregon for anarchy,” says Scott Thomson, Oroville vice mayor.

Thomson explains it’s the city’s effort to nonstop a beardown connection to authorities and national leaders. “I deliberation it’s clip for america to gully a enactment successful the sand,” helium adds. “Enough is enough.”

The solution resolves to not enforce “any enforcement orders issued by the authorities of California oregon by the United States national authorities that are overreaching oregon intelligibly interruption our constitutionally protected rights.” The determination comes amid the contention implicit closing businesses during the pandemic, on with disguise and vaccine mandates “We’re not talking astir 1 mandate that’s been pushed connected america recently,” says Thomson. “It’s a barrage of mandates.”

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Liza West is among the residents who reason the resolution. “I deliberation that we each judge successful applying the instrumentality and hold successful pursuing the law, and this is conscionable ridiculous,” West says.

So does Oroville person the close to disregard authorities and national orders? University of California, Davis Law Professor Lisa Pruitt says the solution whitethorn not person immoderate binding ineligible authority. “My consciousness is the beardown presumption would beryllium that the metropolis of Oroville does not person the powerfulness to bash this,” Pruitt notes. ” I spot this chiefly arsenic a gesture.”

It’s a law struggle with these metropolis leaders warring for much section control.

“It makes a connection that says, you know, capable is enough. We’re done, we’re tired,” 1 metropolis councilman said.

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