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and whats to stop the federal government from doing this. At this point people need to accept everything is being recording in public.



My thoughts exactly. The proposed ordinance would only apply to "city departments", so the feds could do whatever they want.

Given my vague recollections of the Supremacy Clause [1] of the Constitution, I don't think a local ordinance like this could have legal effect on the feds, even if it purported to.

1: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/supremacy_clause


It would be a legal battle for sure, but there's a chance that nullification could win [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constituti...




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