Here is some advice passed on by Congressman Billybob concerning cities' attempts to curtail illegal immigrants living/working in their area.
The ACLU usually threatens to sue towns which propose such ordinances. Some of the towns cave in for financial reasons -- the cost of their own attorneys to defend the case, plus the possible court award of fees and costs to the ACLU attorneys.There are two ways to reduce those risks to zero:
1) The Town can pass a Resolution saying that it approves of such ordinances, and intends to pass them in the future. The ACLU cannot sue against a mere expression of opinion, which is what a Resolution is. Any ACLU suit against one will be thrown out of court, with fees and costs awarded AGAINST the ACLU.
2) The Town can pass the ordinances now, but with an effective date of "30 days after the final US Supreme Court decision concerning Hazleton, Pennsylvania, ordinances on illegal aliens."
Again, the ACLU would be thrown out of court if they sued right away, because a law is not really a law and subject to suit until it has gone into effect.
Bottom line: your friends have these two ways to move ahead without fear of anything the "open borders" types at the ACLU, might do.
John / Billybob
6 posted on 09/28/2006 12:56:06 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
Great advice from Congressman Billybob.
I don't get it. Under that scenario the law wouldn't be able to be used until the Supreme Court decided it?