REVOLT IN CALIFORNIA – AT 1:18 P.M. ET:   There's a revolt brewing in some California towns and counties over the state's broad sanctury laws.  This could provide an opportunity for statewide Republican candidates, if any show up.  From the L.A. Times: 

Just more than a week after tiny Los Alamitos voted to defy California's law protecting immigrants in the country illegally, Orange County is poised to become a counterpoint against the state's resistance to the Trump administration's policies.

On Tuesday, Orange County supervisors may consider whether to take up a resolution to condemn and possibly take legal action against the state's "sanctuary" laws.

"These state laws are preempted by federal law," Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson said. "Our officers actually face penalties under state law if they so much as talk to federal agents for the wrong thing. That's just unacceptable and it's contrary to federal law."

Nelson said he'll broach in closed session whether to join a federal lawsuit against the state or launch its own litigation.

Other cities in the county, including Yorba Linda, Buena Park, Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo are also starting to take action to voice their grievances against the state's sanctuary laws aimed at protecting immigrants from President Trump's immigration crackdown.

On Monday, Texas and more than a dozen other states led by Republican governors got behind the Trump administration and filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit against California's sanctuary laws.

COMMENT:  This is fascinating, with the potential to shake up some important political arrangements in many states.  I find it hard to believe that a majority of voters in an entire state would favor sanctuary cities, which do violate federal law, but of course I can be wrong. 

Are we seeing a true, and rare, political revolt?  We should know within several months.

March 27, 2018