I guess in my own convoluted way I was saying that they can stop you for not wearing a seatbelt. The original law (at least in NY) was they could only charge you with the seatbelt offense if they stopped you for something else such as speeding. The law has since morphed into they can stop you if they think you aren't wearing a seatbelt. Nobody objects to this arbitrary expansion of power.
Now with the immigration law, these same liberals who have no problem with the way the seatbelt law is applied, are screaming because if someone is stopped for an offense such as DWI or whatever the cops can ask you for ID to prove citizenship.
OK perhaps my example was a bad one, but my point is the Statist has no problems with arbitrary power when it fits his agenda, but if one of his "protected classes" is hurt then it's a big deal.
Naw, Reb, I was just funnin ya about the "show your papers." Sounded like a post on a birther thread. I know what you meant.