radical right
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You're comparing an entire city violating federal law to a divorce. umm, ia the ex-wife harboring illegals / criminals and using the money to support them?
I'm comparing federal law, which you aren't familiar with, with principles at common law which you are. Law is law, with one derived from the other. The federal government can't discriminate on the basis of a state not complying with a federal law or statute, unless the funds are tied to their compliance.
Dozens of states have legalized marijuana, yet the federal law making marijuana illegal was upheld in a USSC challenge, allowing the Federal government to prosecute, even if the states declare it to be legal. In that context you have a state violating the federal law against marijuana, yet the federal government can't withhold federal funds ,to those several states. The case where they withheld highway funds to Montana was because those funds were tied to the state enforcing the federal 55 mph speed limit.