For a random agent of the federal government to show up who has no connection or agreement with the local city entity and demand records? They would have NO le

For a random agent of the federal government to show up who has no connection or agreement with the local city entity and demand records? They would have NO legal standing to make demands. GOP rhetoric is almost always opposite of what you might expect "states rights" is just a phrase to the GOP, they mean "states can do what they like as long it is what we want" otherwise they do not care about states rights. Having said that as far as the example goes, I suspect DOGE is busy with the federal government. DOJ though, they have options as far investigating things go, and other departments have deals with state and municipal agencies that give them leverage to make some requests for information, but they don't provide the "anything goes" kind of access that DOGE is reported to have at the federal level. Every agency that would have some leverage, it would be dependent on specific circumstances, agreements, and courts (assuming this administration cares what they say) have historically protected the state's rights to do their thing.