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Malik Evans: “We believe in the 10th Amendment.”

Featuring: Malik Evans, Democratic | Mayor of Rochester, New York

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Mayor Malik Evans' Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

We went on the federal website to get it. But I want to be clear on something I said Friday, that we are going to vigorously defend this in court. Period. We believe in the 10th Amendment. And who would ever thought that we'd be talking about cities having their rights infringed upon. And that's what the federal government is trying to do. (02:27–02:30)

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Asserts the city's belief in the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states.

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