This liberal de Blasio guy just doesn’t seem to learn.   Remember,  he recently took on the New York Police Department.  And had to back down.  Now a lot of the rich people have left New York and  he is begging business to please come back since he is running out of tax money.  Wonder if the  low information folks who elected him are still happy with his dictatorship?

De Blasio Now Wants To Punish Donald Trump For Speaking Freely

Posted by: : Paul Ebeling on: July 3, 2015

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s has ordered a review the city’s contracts with Donald Trump over controversial claims he made concerning Mexicans are “not the American way.

“De Blasio seems to put himself directly, squarely, in conflict with the First Amendment,” Alan Dershowitz . “He should have attacked Mr. Trump on the merits, but to take away his contracts is to misuse the power of government to stifle free speech.”

In his presidential campaign announcement, Mr. Trump said that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime” into the country and “they’re rapists,” though “some, I assume, are good people.”

Mayor De Blasio Thursday called Mr. Trump’s remarks “disgusting and offensive,” and said his “hateful language has no place in our city.”

But civil liberties advocates are striking back at Mayor De Blasio, with Mr. Dershowitz saying that his plan to review Trump’s contracts is “plainly unconstitutional.”

First Amendment rights for government contractors were resolved years ago in a landmark 1996 Supreme Court ruling, which declared, in a 7-2 majority written by then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that tying government contracts to a person’s belief’s is illegal.

“The city says, ‘we do not want to renew it because we do not like your speech.’ That would presumptively violate the First Amendment,” UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said. “The statement by the mayor is a real danger to public debate,” that could set a precedent for all city contractors.

In the Supreme Court case, the court ruled that a county in Kansas had infringed on a contractor’s First Amendment rights by firing him over his public criticism of a county board.

Mr. Dershowitz agreed that Mr. Trump would have a “fairly open and shut case” if New York City deprives him of contracts.

Mayor de Blasio also may have opened himself up to a public relations nightmare by threatening to revoke Mr. Trump’s contracts. According to the mayor’s procurement policy board rules, a contractor can demand a public hearing to protest the termination of a contract, which would give Mr. Trump the opportunity to attack de Blasio in a legal setting.

Mr. Trump’s concessions in New York City include an ice skating rink, a carousel and a golf course. When Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park opened in April in the Bronx, Trump’s company got a 20-yr concession agreement to operate it.

Mr. Volokh said he is not worried about Mr. Trump losing much by the mayor’s action, as the real estate mogul has an estimated $4.1-B in net worth, according to Forbes. Instead, he is concerned about smaller contractors.

“If the city gets away with canceling the Trump contract, it sends a message to these kinds of small contractors, saying ‘hey, it’s dangerous. It’s dangerous to say things on these topics when you’re contracting with the city of New York,’” he said.

******************************

Dershowitz: De Blasio Can’t Punish Trump for Speaking Freely

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Friday, 03 Jul 2015 12:18 PM

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s order to review the city’s contracts with Donald Trump over controversial claims he made concerning Mexicans are “not the American way,” says Harvard civil liberties law professor Alan Dershowitz.

“De Blasio seems to put himself directly, squarely, in conflict with the First Amendment,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He should have attacked [Trump] on the merits, but to take away his contracts is to misuse the power of government to stifle free speech.”

In his presidential campaign announcement, Trump said that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime” into the country and “they’re rapists,” though “some, I assume, are good people.”

De Blasio on Thursday called Trump’s remarks “disgusting and offensive,” and said his “hateful language has no place in our city.”

But civil liberties advocates are striking back at de Blasio, with Dershowitz saying that his plan to review Trump’s contracts is “plainly unconstitutional.”

First Amendment rights for government contractors were resolved years ago in a landmark 1996 Supreme Court ruling, which declared, in a 7-2 majority written by then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that tying government contracts to a person’s beliefs is illegal.

“The city says, ‘we don’t want to renew it because we don’t like your speech.’ That would presumptively violate the First Amendment,” UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said to The Daily Caller. “The statement by the mayor is a real danger to public debate,” that could set a precedent for all city contractors.

In the Supreme Court case, the court ruled that a county in Kansas had infringed on a contractor’s First Amendment rights by firing him over his public criticism of a county board.

Dershowitz agreed that Trump would have a “fairly open and shut case” if New York City deprives him of contracts.

De Blasio also may have opened himself up to a public relations nightmare by threatening to revoke Trump’s contracts, The Daily Caller reports. According to the mayor’s procurement policy board rules, a contractor can demand a public hearing to protest the termination of a contract, which would give Trump the opportunity to attack de Blasio in a legal setting.

Trump’s concessions in New York City include an ice skating rink, a carousel and a golf course. When Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park opened in April in the Bronx, Trump’s company got a 20-year concession agreement to operate it.

Volokh said he is not worried about Trump losing much by the mayor’s action, as the real estate mogul has an estimated $4.1 billion in net worth, according to Forbes. Instead, he is concerned about smaller contractors.

“If the city gets away with canceling the Trump contract, it sends a message to these kinds of small contractors, saying ‘hey, it’s dangerous. It’s dangerous to say things on these topics when you’re contracting with the city of New York,'” he told The Daily Caller.

Someone needs to take this de Blasio down a few pegs.

kommonsentsjane